Ottawa Humane Society
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
B+
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
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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.
62%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 62 cents are available for programs.
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Programs
About Ottawa Humane Society:
Founded in 1888, Ottawa Humane Society (OHS) protects sick, injured and homeless animals in Ottawa. The charity also educates children and pet owners about caring for animals. Its programs include Lost and Found, Mobile Spay/Neuter Services, Community Outreach Program, and OHS Room Rentals.
The Lost and Found program is the largest and made up 66% of total program spending in F2018. Ottawa Humane Society cares for lost and homeless animals that are brought in by officers and the public. In F2018, OHS helped 8,912 animals, including 4,980 cats, 1,471 dogs, 598 small animals, and 1,828 wild animals. This is a 5% increase in the total number of animals from 8,476 in F2017.
The Mobile Spay/Neuter Services program made up 17% of total program spending in F2018. This new program deals with the cat overpopulation problem in Ottawa. The mobile clinics offer $20 cat spay/neuter surgeries for poor pet owners in Ottawa neighbourhoods. In F2018, 2,912 spays and neuters were performed.
The Community Outreach program accounts for 15% of total program spending in F2018. The four main education programs under this category include Leadership Education with Adolescents and Dogs (LEAD), Pet Savvy, Brightening Lives Animal Visits, and Animal Education for Newcomers to Canada. These programs aim to educate Ottawa residents about proper animal care.
Ottawa Humane Society Room Rentals made up the remaining 7% of program spending in F2018.
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Results and Impact
In F2018, Ottawa Humane Society received a total of 7,049 pets, reunited 799 pets, saw 4,033 adoptions, and saved a total of 4,982 pets. This is a 2% decrease from the 5,091 total pets saved in F2017. The number of cats reunited with their families decreased from 9% in F2017 to 8% in F2018.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Ottawa Humane Society’s results and impact.
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Finances
Ottawa Humane Society is a large charity with total donations and special events revenues of $6.9m in F2018. Administrative costs are 11% of revenues and fundraising costs are 27% of donations. For every dollar donated, 62 cents go to the cause, which is outside Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. Funding reserves of $5.8m can cover just over one year of annual program costs.
Ottawa Humane Society reports using external fundraisers as part of its fundraising activities in its F2018 T3010 CRA filing. In F2018, OHS paid $788k to external fundraisers to collect just over $1m, meaning that for every dollar raised by external fundraisers, OHS paid 75 cents.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Ottawa Humane Society for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on May 14, 2019 by Lauren Chin.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
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2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 10.7% | 12.0% | 13.8% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 27.4% | 29.4% | 25.2% |
| Total overhead spending | 38.1% | 41.4% | 39.0% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 105.8% | 93.4% | 89.0% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 6,439 | 5,853 | 4,858 |
| Government funding | 70 | 70 | 70 |
| Fees for service | 2,042 | 1,925 | 2,514 |
| Special events | 502 | 509 | 703 |
| Investment income | 70 | 367 | (90) |
| Other income | 47 | 50 | 58 |
| Total revenues | 9,170 | 8,775 | 8,113 |
| Program costs | 5,460 | 5,252 | 4,955 |
| Administrative costs | 974 | 1,010 | 1,132 |
| Fundraising costs | 1,900 | 1,869 | 1,401 |
| Total spending | 8,334 | 8,131 | 7,487 |
| Cash flow from operations | 836 | 644 | 625 |
| Capital spending | 47 | 338 | 145 |
| Funding reserves | 5,777 | 4,903 | 4,411 |
Note: Ci reported fundraising allocated to trust fund expenses in fundraising costs, increasing fundraising by $988k in F2018, $566k in F2017, and $161k in F2016.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
5 |
$40k - $80k |
4 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2018
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