CARE Canada is a two-star charity with low demonstrated impact. It is financially transparent and has a B+ results reporting grade, which is above average. For every dollar donated to the charity, 80 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci's reasonable range.

Founded in 1945, CARE International consists of 14 national divisions, including CARE Canada (CARE), based in Ottawa. CARE runs programs to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice internationally. CARE’s programs focus on equal rights and increased access to resources for women and girls. CARE Canada has two main programs: Humanitarian and Development. In F2023, CARE spent $52.8m on its programs. CARE Canada reports it helped 1,016,356 people directly through its programs in F2023.

CARE spent 50% ($26.3m) on Development in F2023. The Development program focuses on women’s economic empowerment; food and nutrition; resiliency to climate change; and sexual, reproductive, and mental health. CARE highlighted two Development programs in its annual report: TEDIJO and SHE SOARS. TEDIJO is a two-year project that improves the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women between 15 and 24 years in Benin. In F2023, the charity recorded 66,543 conversations to challenge social norms and beliefs. CARE recorded 46,531 female and 27,885 male participants. SHE SOARS focuses on sexual and reproductive health for out-of-school youth girls in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and Canada. In F2023, CARE created 514 girls’ and boys’ groups for 81,143 youth.

CARE spent 45% ($23.9m) on Humanitarian programs in F2023. The Humanitarian program provides relief from natural disasters and ongoing conflicts. In F2023, CARE’s Humanitarian program focused on the Türkiye and Syrian earthquake and global floods. CARE’s earthquake relief provided women shelter in Kahramanmaraş, Syria. In F2023, CARE opened four safe spaces and reached 7,361 people. CARE’s flood program provides nutrition, health, water, sanitation, and hygiene services to pregnant women in South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, DRC, and Yemen. In F2023, CARE supported 64 nutrition sites. CARE plans to reach 303,255 people across five countries with its flood program.

The remaining 5% of program spending went to "Other Program Activities" and "Care Country Offices".

CARE Canada is a large charity, with total revenues of $71.9m. In F2023, CARE received $10.9m in Canadian donations and special events fundraising, a 118% increase compared to $5.0m in F2022. In F2023, CARE received $50.0m in government funding, which represents 70% of total revenue.

CARE spent $52.8m on its programs in F2023, which is 73% of revenue. In F2023, CARE reported a surplus of $11.6m, which is 16% of revenue. Fundraising costs are 11% of donations and administrative costs are 9% of revenue (excluding investment income). For every dollar donated to the charity, 80 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range.

CARE Canada has $46.7m in reserve funds (cash and investments), which can cover 89%, or 11 months of its annual program costs.

In F2023, CARE paid external fundraisers $478,494 to collect $144,900. The cost to raise a dollar using external fundraisers was $3.30.

Charity Intelligence has sent this update to CARE Canada for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on May 28, 2024 by Liam Chapleau.