Scott Mission
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
C+
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
n/r
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.
80%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 80 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Scott Mission:
Scott Mission is a 3-star rated charity with reasonable overhead costs and best practice in financial transparency. However, it has a below-average results reporting grade of C+.
Founded in 1941, Scott Mission is a Christian charity that supports poor people in downtown Toronto. In addition to helping homeless people, Scott Mission also supports families, runs a summer camp for children, and raises public awareness of homelessness in Canada. The charity works to meet people's basic needs for food, shelter, and hygiene. It also provides social and spiritual services.
In F2022, Scott Mission spent $12.0m (42% of total program costs) on its program to help families. It filled 39,778 grocery orders and had 20,585 clothing appointments. It also cared for 52 children at its O’Connor family Centre. It gave 2,600 families extra support at Christmas time including an extra grocery gift card and toys for 1,900 children.
Scott Mission spent $11.0m (39% of total program costs) on its program to help the homeless and elderly. It provided 16,682 nights of shelter to 216 men in F2022. It also had 50 clients participate in its case management program and 16 clients participate in its clinical counseling program.
During F2022, Scott mission spent $3.3m (12% of total program costs) on programs for children and youth. 250 children attended its summer camps and 158 children went to its after-school programs.
It spent an additional $2.1m (7% of total program costs) on public awareness programs to inform the community about homelessness.
In November 2017, Scott Mission began the process of redesigning its property at 502/508 Spadina Avenue. The construction project is estimated to cost $20m and is set to be completed in April 2024.
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Results and Impact
Scott Mission emphasizes that the homeless people and low-income families to whom it provides food & clothing are in significant need of its services. In F2022, it provided 187,899 hot meals to those in need.
While Ci highlights these results, this may not be a complete representation of Scott Mission’s results and impact.
Scott Mission is not yet rated on demonstrated impact (n/r).
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Finances
Scott Mission received $18.4m in donations in F2022. It also received $12.3m in donated goods in kind, representing 34% of total revenues. Fundraising costs are 16% of donations and administrative costs are 4% of revenues (less investment income). Total overhead spending is 20%. For each dollar donated, 80 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
Scott mission has reserve funds of $21.6m that can cover its program costs for 9 months.
From F2021 to F2022, capital expenditures increased from $2.1m to $14.4m. In F2022, Scott Mission purchased a new property. This includes $6.3m of land and a building that cost $2.5m. Scott Mission spent $881k improving the building during F2022.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Scott Mission for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on July 6, 2023 by Emily Downing.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending September
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2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
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Administrative costs as % of revenues | 4.4% | 5.9% | 7.4% |
Fundraising costs as % of donations | 15.6% | 12.9% | 17.5% |
Total overhead spending | 20.0% | 18.8% | 24.9% |
Program cost coverage (%) | 78.2% | 176.7% | 186.5% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
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Donations | 18,411 | 18,587 | 14,486 |
Goods in kind | 12,256 | 8,313 | 4,792 |
Government funding | 4,266 | 1,827 | 2,497 |
Fees for service | 779 | 647 | 405 |
Investment income | (2,114) | 3,317 | 1,951 |
Other income | 62 | 54 | 21 |
Total revenues | 33,660 | 32,745 | 24,152 |
Program costs | 27,587 | 20,038 | 15,692 |
Administrative costs | 1,582 | 1,748 | 1,643 |
Fundraising costs | 2,862 | 2,393 | 2,530 |
Total spending | 32,032 | 24,179 | 19,866 |
Cash flow from operations | 1,629 | 8,566 | 4,287 |
Capital spending | 14,399 | 2,130 | 1,421 |
Funding reserves | 21,560 | 35,404 | 29,268 |
Note: Ci reported net appreciation on investments and investment expenses as investment income. This affected total revenues by ($2.1m) in F2022, $3.3m in F2021, and $2.0m in F2020. To report on a cash basis, Ci backed out amortization pro-rata from program, administrative, and fundraising costs. Ci reported government funding from the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA and backed the amount out of program costs.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
4 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
5 |
$40k - $80k |
0 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022
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