Leprosy Relief Canada
Montreal, QC H4N 3H4
Director: Maryse Legault
Board President: Paul-Emile Legault
Website: www.slc-lr.ca
Charitable Reg. #: 10311 5812 RR0001
Charity Rating
Donor Accountability
Grade: B
The grade is based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.Financial Transparency
Need for Funding
Spending Breakdown
Full-time staff #2
Avg. Compensation $82,425
Top 10 Staff Salary Range
| $350k + | 0 |
| $300k - $350k | 0 |
| $250k - $300k | 0 |
| $200k - $250k | 0 |
| $160k - $200k | 0 |
| $120k - $160k | 0 |
| $80k - $120k | 1 |
| $40k - $80k | 1 |
| < $40k | 0 |
About Leprosy Relief Canada:
Founded in 1961, Leprosy Relief Canada (LRC) is based in Montreal, Quebec and fights leprosy and tuberculosis in developing countries. Leprosy is a highly contagious disease that is treatable and all but eradicated in first-world countries. However, LRC estimates that 230,000 new cases of leprosy occur across the world annually and at least 3 million people suffer from disabilities that arose after diagnosis. Tuberculosis is an airborne, infectious disease that is curable. LRC reports that there are roughly 9 million new cases and more than 1.5 million deaths due to this disease every year. LRC raises funds so that children and adults in Africa, Central and South America and Asia can receive treatment for these two diseases.
In F2015, Leprosy Relief Canada disbursed $1.1m to fund 33 projects in 13 countries across Africa, Central and South America and Asia. This includes one new project in Guinea Bissau – the charity launched this project in F2015 after it discovered that leprosy transmission in the country is still very high. 35% of funding went to Asia, 28% went to the Americas and 23% went to Africa. The two largest aid recipients are India (F2015: $241k) and the Dominican Republic (F2015: $179k). Funds go toward activities such as training health workers to identify people with leprosy or tuberculosis, providing treatments and medical care for these ailments, and providing rehabilitation for people with residual disabilities. LRC also supports the IDEA Project, an advocacy group that helps leprosy survivors participate with equal dignity and respect in society. Funding for the IDEA project represented 3% of total funding in F2015.
Financial Review:
Leprosy Relief Canada is a medium-sized charity with donations of $1.6m in F2015. Administrative costs are 7% of revenues and fundraising costs are 9% of donations. $0.16 of every donated dollar goes toward overhead costs, which falls within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
LRC holds funding reserves of $5.9m, of which $865k are held in endowments. Omitting endowed funds, LRC’s reserves can cover annual funding activities for 4.7 years.
This charity report is an update that is currently being reviewed by Leprosy Relief Canada. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 26, 2016 by Katie Khodawandi.
Financial RatiosFiscal year ending December |
2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 6.6% | 8.8% | 6.2% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 9.0% | 12.7% | 9.7% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 526.7% | 476.4% | 479.6% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 1,558,330 | 1,209,669 | 1,733,006 |
| Investment income | 121,131 | 263,418 | 84,874 |
| Total revenues | 1,679,461 | 1,473,087 | 1,817,880 |
| Program costs | 1,116,852 | 1,167,998 | 1,156,778 |
| Administrative costs | 103,314 | 105,963 | 106,883 |
| Fundraising costs | 139,959 | 153,631 | 168,546 |
| Other costs | 2,246 | 6,090 | 5,568 |
| Cash flow from operations | 317,090 | 39,405 | 380,105 |
| Funding reserves | 5,882,919 | 5,563,756 | 5,547,372 |
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Comments added by the Charity:
Secours aux Lépreux-Leprosy Relief Canada (SLC-LR) wishes to maintain its fight against leprosy for more than 4 years if for some reasons fundraising was to stop. There is a political will to announce that leprosy is eliminated. This news would greatly affect our fundraising. In fact, elimination is only a ratio. It means that there are less than 1 new case per 10,000 population. Since the world population is increasing, we will reach the elimination ratio without decreasing the number of new patients. Elimination means still more than 200,000 new cases every year. SLC-LR is working for the eradication of leprosy. The concept of eradication is more absolute and suggests at least the complete absence of transmission and new case detection. We also want to keep on supporting people affected from leprosy and suffering from stigma and discrimination.