Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
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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.
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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.
82%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 82 cents are available for programs.
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Programs
About Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society:
Founded in 1963, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) works to protect Canada's natural environment. Its main goals are to help Canada protect at least 17% of its land and freshwater and 10% of its oceans by 2020. In the next decade, CPAWS seeks to ensure the protection of 30% of Canada’s natural land. Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society consists of a national office in Ottawa and 13 regional chapters.
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society runs two main programs: Conservation and Conservation Awareness.
Conservation programs were 90% of program spending in F2019. CPAWS works with government agencies to protect Canadian wildlife, parks, and oceans. As of F2019, CPAWS states that it has protected 399,228 km² of land in 11 provinces and territories. To protect oceans and water bodies, CPAWS designates certain regions as marine protected areas (MPAs). In F2019, CPAWS reports that it added two new MPAs in the American Bank and Laurentian Channel, adding up to 12,580 km².
Conservation Awareness made up 10% of program spending in F2019. CPAWS runs educational programs in its 13 chapters across Canada. In addition, it runs an annual Canadian Wilderness Stewardship Program (CWSP) to inspire future conservationists. The program consists of a CPAWS-led trip to a regional watershed in need of protection, a community service project, and an annual convention. The charity offers CWSP in four regions: New Brunswick, Ottawa, Manitoba, and Southern Alberta.
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Results and Impact
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society states that as of December 2017, Canada had only achieved 10% protection of its land and 4% protection of its oceans. As of F2019, CPAWS reports that its efforts have helped Canada achieve 13% land protection and 14% ocean protection. CPAWS states that its new MPA in the Laurentian Channel helped to protect migration routes for 20 whale species in F2019.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s results and impact.
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Finances
Ci consolidated the financial statements of CPAWS and its foundation for the following financial analysis.
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is a Large charity, with total donations of $8.3m in F2019. Administrative costs are 11% of revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs are 6% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 18%. For every dollar donated, 82 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society has $8.5m in total funding reserves, of which $3.4m is donor-endowed. Excluding donor-endowed funds, CPAWS can cover around one year of annual program costs.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 6, 2020 by Eric Zhao.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
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2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 11.3% | 12.3% | 14.0% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 6.4% | 7.4% | 9.2% |
| Total overhead spending | 17.7% | 19.7% | 23.2% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 104.9% | 122.3% | 61.6% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 8,268 | 6,626 | 5,054 |
| Government funding | 277 | 313 | 299 |
| Investment income | 72 | 12 | 12 |
| Other income | 276 | 57 | 36 |
| Total revenues | 8,893 | 7,009 | 5,400 |
| Program costs | 4,852 | 3,610 | 3,592 |
| Grants | 140 | 165 | 195 |
| Administrative costs | 998 | 862 | 753 |
| Fundraising costs | 529 | 489 | 464 |
| Total spending | 6,519 | 5,126 | 5,004 |
| Cash flow from operations | 2,374 | 1,883 | 396 |
| Capital spending | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| Funding reserves | 8,459 | 5,938 | 3,599 |
Note: Ci consolidated CPAWS with its associated foundation for this financial analysis. Ci reported foundation donations and endowment contributions as donations, affecting total revenues by $2.0m in F2019, $100k in F2018, and $100k in F2017. Ci adjusted for changes in deferred contributions, affecting total revenues by $455k in F2019, $1.8m in F2018, and $444k in F2017. Ci reported investment income from the foundation, affecting total revenues by $2k in F2019, $1k in F2018, and $1k in F2017. Ci reported investment income from the charity’s annual filings with the CRA and removed the amounts from other income. Ci reported grants to qualified donees from CRA filings and removed the amounts from program costs. Ci included bank charges and professional fees from the foundation, affecting administrative costs by $4k in F2019, $3k in F2018, and $3k in F2017.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
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$80k - $120k |
4 |
$40k - $80k |
6 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2019
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