39 McArthur Ave
Ottawa, ON K1L 8L7
Executive Director: Lauren Ravon
Director: Carolina Palacios

Charitable Reg. #:12971 6866 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 2/5]

✔+

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.

A-

RESULTS REPORTING

Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

Low

DEMONSTRATED IMPACT

The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.

NEED FOR FUNDING

Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.

70%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 70 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Oxfam Canada:

Oxfam Canada is a two-star charity. Oxfam Canada's programs have a low demonstrated impact. It has a high results reporting grade. It is also financially transparent and has reasonable overhead costs. The charity does not have large funding reserves and can cover less than 1 year of program costs. Before you give, read Charity Intelligence’s report.

Founded in 1963, Oxfam Canada (OXC) is a charity that aims to end gender inequality and reduce poverty globally. OXC is a branch of the charity Oxfam International, which has affiliated chapters across the world. Oxfam Canada reports that one in three women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual abuse. It also reports that 41,000 girls become child brides every day, and 214 million women have an unmet need for birth control. OXC’s main areas of work include: ending gender-based violence, reproductive health and rights, women’s economic justice, women’s transformative leadership, climate justice, and humanitarian emergencies. In F2022, Oxfam International partnered with 994 local organizations in 87 countries. Its work reached 15.6 million people, of which 47% were women or girls.

In F2022, the charity spent $25.5m internationally on its development and emergency response programs. It also spent $2.0m on its education and awareness program in Canada.

Oxfam Canada worked in the Asia-Pacific region (43% of total spending); Latin America and the Caribbean (28% of total spending); Africa and The Middle East (26% of total spending);  and North America (3% of total spending).

Asia-Pacific: During F2022, Oxfam Canada helped respond to covid-19 in India. It supported nine health facilities with 4,000 safety kits, 700 personal protective equipment kits, and 500 hygiene kits. In the Philippines, OXC responded to Super Typhoon Rai. It supported 28,872 people in need of emergency assistance like water, food, shelter, and medicine. 

Latin America and the Caribbean: In Guatemala, Oxfam Canada trained 2,372 Indigenous women on sustainable and climate change-resistant textile production. It also implemented three campaigns advocating against violence and racism toward Indigenous women.

Africa and The Middle East: OXC responded to the food crisis in East Africa. It reached 270,749 people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan.

North America: In Canada, OXC supported eight public engagement initiatives aimed at raising awareness for sexual and reproductive health and rights. It also published an election guide to inform voters about women’s rights issues. 

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Results and Impact

In F2022, OXC’s Creating Spaces project aimed to improve access to services like medical assistance, job training, and legal aid. In Nepal, it established 180 Community Discussion Centres that contributed to stopping 300 cases of child marriage and other incidents of violence. 

In Bangladesh Oxfam Canada supports aims to get domestic work formally recognized. It also aims to help support domestic workers. In F2021. 72% of domestic workers supported by Oxfam Canada’s project were able to get support from family members on care-related work while working outside the home, an increase from 10% at baseline. 

Oxfam Canada’s Her Future, Her Choice project works to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. Since the project start in 2019, the percentage of healthcare facilities providing IUDs increased from 49% to 67%. The percentage of facilities offering emergency oral contraceptives increased from 51% to 81%.

OXC also runs the Sexual Health and Empowerment project (SHE). In a SHE project area in the Philippines, teenage pregnancy rates decreased by 30% (compared to 13% nationally) from 2020 to 2021.

Charity Intelligence highlights these key results. They may not be a complete representation of Oxfam Canada's results. 

Charity Intelligence has given Oxfam Canada a Low impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.

 

Impact Rating: Low

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Finances

In F2022, Oxfam Canada received 1$1.9m in donations. It also received $4.1m in donations from outside of Canada. It received $18.1m in government funding, accounting for 53% of total revenues. Fundraising costs are 24% of donations and administrative costs are 6% of revenues (less investment income). Total overhead spending is 30%. For each dollar donated, 70 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. 

OXC has reserve funds of $13.6m that can cover program costs for about six months. 

In F2022, OXC paid external fundraisers $781k to raise $881k for an average cost of 89 cents per dollar raised.

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Oxfam Canada for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on July 10, 2023 by Emily Downing.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending March
202220212020
Administrative costs as % of revenues 6.0%6.8%7.5%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 24.1%28.4%29.4%
Total overhead spending 30.1%35.2%36.9%
Program cost coverage (%) 49.5%58.4%57.0%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202220212020
Donations 11,9209,15211,661
International donations 4,1234,0483,348
Government funding 18,06116,02216,361
Investment income (30)(68)154
Other income 857578
Total revenues 34,15829,22931,601
Program costs - International 25,50121,42222,876
Program costs - Canada 2,0332,2301,404
Administrative costs 2,0632,0002,370
Fundraising costs 2,8732,6003,427
Total spending 32,46928,25230,077
Cash flow from operations 1,6899771,524
Capital spending 4324049
Funding reserves 13,63813,82413,849

Note: Ci reported international donations based on the charity's T3010 filing with the CRA. International program costs were also reported based on the T3010 filing. Ci removed amortization of capital assets from program, fundraising, and administrative costs on a pro-rata basis. International Program expenses were adjusted to include advances to program partners, affecting expenses by ($377k) in F2022, $12k in F2021, $761k in F2020.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 83

Avg. compensation: $73,684

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
0
$120k - $160k
3
$80k - $120k
7
$40k - $80k
0
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022

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