Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
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B
RESULTS REPORTING
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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.
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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Programs
About Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals:
Founded in 1873, Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) works to ensure that Ontario has no homeless animals and no animal abuse. It also works toward a future in which all Ontarians respect and appreciate animals. OSPCA is headquartered in Stouffville, Ontario and has over fifty offices across the province. OSPCA’s services include Animal Care and Protection Programs, Humane Education and Public Awareness Programs, and grants to OSPCA partners.
In F2019, OSPCA’s Animal Care and Protection programs made up 86% of total program spending. This includes Animal Care, Shelter & Community Medicine, Animal North Network, and Provincial Legislation Enforcement. In F2019, OSPCA fed 83,000 lb of food to animals in its care and transported 15,726 pounds of food to northern communities. It also performed 11,621 spay/neuter procedures on 4,105 dogs, 7,277 cats, 111 rabbits, and other animals.
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ Humane Education and Public Awareness programs made up 6% of total program spending in F2019. It runs the AnimalSmart™ program, which helps children learn how to develop positive relationships with compassion animals. It also launched the Environmental Needs & Behavioural Health section on its shelterhealthpro.ca website.
OSPCA used 6% of total program spending in F2019 on grants to OSPCA affiliates and Humane Societies in other provinces. It works with these partners to open spay/neuter clinics, expand animal care facilities, and more.
In F2019, OSPCA advised the Government of Ontario that it would not be renewing its contract to provide enforcement of provincial animal welfare legislation because the current enforcement model was not working. The contract ended in June 2019. OSPCA enforced provincial animal welfare legislation in Ontario for over 100 years.
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Results and Impact
In F2019, Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports that 6,131 animals were adopted, including 4,116 cats, 1,216 dogs, 659 small animals, 129 birds, and 11 other animals. It also claims the spay/neuter procedures it performed potentially prevented 523,298 unwanted animals.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ results and impact.
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Finances
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a Large charity, with total donations of $13.8m in F2019. Administrative costs are 18% of revenues (excluding investment income) and fundraising costs are 12% of donations. This means overhead costs are 30%. For every dollar donated, 70 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
The charity's funding reserves of $19.8m can cover 1.3 years of annual program costs.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on June 19, 2020 by Eric Jose.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
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2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 18.1% | 15.4% | 15.2% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 12.1% | 12.6% | 13.9% |
| Total overhead spending | 30.2% | 28.0% | 29.1% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 128.9% | 113.3% | 74.9% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 13,768 | 12,867 | 11,994 |
| Government funding | 5,479 | 7,957 | 8,018 |
| Fees for service | 2,731 | 2,651 | 2,144 |
| Investment income | 693 | 189 | 431 |
| Other income | 480 | 477 | 577 |
| Total revenues | 23,152 | 24,140 | 23,164 |
| Program costs | 13,962 | 14,019 | 14,818 |
| Grants | 873 | 1,306 | 750 |
| Administrative costs | 4,054 | 3,694 | 3,456 |
| Fundraising costs | 1,671 | 1,618 | 1,672 |
| Other costs | 181 | 166 | 152 |
| Total spending | 20,740 | 20,804 | 20,849 |
| Cash flow from operations | 2,412 | 3,337 | 2,315 |
| Capital spending | 1,196 | 581 | 667 |
| Funding reserves | 19,761 | 17,945 | 12,261 |
Note: Legacies have been added to revenues to reflect donations received on a cash basis, increasing donations by $6.3m in F2019, $5.9m in F2018, and $4.9m in F2017. Distributions of grants to affiliates and Humane Societies in other provinces is reported as a grants expense, increasing total expenses by $873k in F2019, $1.3m in F2018, and $750k in F2017.
Salary Information
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Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2018
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