
Hope Mission
Edmonton, AB T5J 2L8
Executive Director: Bruce Reith
Board Chair: Grant Eliason
Website: www.hopemission.com
Charitable Reg. #: 11896 2851 RR0001
Charity Rating
Results Reporting
Grade: C
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
Cents to the Cause
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95¢ | |||
75¢ | |||
avg | |||
65¢ | |||
50¢ | |||
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Full-time staff #213
Avg. Compensation $49,243
Top 10 Staff Salary Range
$350k + | 0 |
$300k - $350k | 0 |
$250k - $300k | 0 |
$200k - $250k | 0 |
$160k - $200k | 0 |
$120k - $160k | 1 |
$80k - $120k | 1 |
$40k - $80k | 8 |
< $40k | 0 |
About Hope Mission:
Founded in 1929, Hope Mission is a Christian charity that runs programs in Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Wetaskiwin, Alberta. As part of its programs, Hope Mission runs emergency shelters, long-term housing locations, kids’ summer camps, addiction recovery programs and other critical care programs such as a health centre, 24/7 rescue van and meal services.
Hope Mission’s most recent annual report is from F2015. It states the charity housed 54 people through its long-term housing programs. In Edmonton, Hope Mission’s four long-term housing programs are Rapid Exit, the 52-unit Green Manor, the 44-unit Immigration Hall and the 52-bed Hope Mission Centre. It reports that according to Alberta Health, homeless adults are admitted to hospital five times more than the general population.
Hope Mission supplied beds for 546 people each night in 2015 through its emergency shelters. The charity has four emergency shelters in Edmonton. The Hope Mission Emergency Shelter can hold over 300 people per night, the 24/7 Intox Centre can hold up to 70 people per night and the Herb Jamieson Centre can hold up to 319 men per night. Hope Mission’s Youth Shelter is meant only for children and youth in need of a place to sleep. Hope Mission runs a meal program at its Hope Mission Emergency Shelter in Edmonton, which served 392,775 hot meals in 2015.
Hope Mission runs Kids in Action, an after-school activities and meal program, at schools in Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Wetaskiwin. The charity estimates that Kids in Action reached 170 kids in 2015. Unique to Wetaskiwin is Food for Thought, a meal program that serves lunches in 13 Wetaskiwin schools. Collectively, Hope Mission handed out 87,235 lunches in 2015. Hope Mission also runs three summer camps for at-risk kids in Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer. There are fees associated with attending the camp. However, Hope Mission covers these costs for families in extreme poverty.
Financial Review:
Charity Intelligence has scored Hope Mission as a zero in financial transparency because the charity has failed to provide audited financial statements for F2017 when requested. The following financial analysis uses the most recent financial statements available to Ci at the time of updating this report, which are from F2015.
Hope Mission is a Large charity with donations of $7.8m in F2015. The charity also received $9.7m in government funding during the year. Administrative costs are 9% of total revenues and fundraising costs are 15% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, $0.76 goes towards its programs, which falls within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. Hope Mission reports spending $5.2m on capital assets in F2015. The charity holds funding reserves of $5.0m that only consist of cash and cash equivalents. Hope Mission can cover 4 months of annual program costs, indicating a need for donations.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Hope Mission for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 30, 2018 by Derek Houlberg.
Financial RatiosFiscal year ending December |
2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Administrative costs as % of revenues | 9.0% | 8.5% | 8.2% |
Fundraising costs as % of donations | 15.3% | 12.8% | 15.9% |
Program cost coverage (%) | 35.0% | 62.2% | 45.7% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Donations | 7,849 | 8,282 | 7,262 |
Government funding | 9,724 | 8,448 | 6,862 |
Fees for service | 156 | 237 | 379 |
Business activities (net) | 744 | 671 | 614 |
Investment income | 29 | 77 | 63 |
Other income | 236 | 88 | 83 |
Total revenues | 18,737 | 17,803 | 15,263 |
Program costs | 14,440 | 12,168 | 10,845 |
Administrative costs | 1,675 | 1,504 | 1,240 |
Fundraising costs | 1,198 | 1,060 | 1,152 |
Cash flow from operations | 1,425 | 3,071 | 2,026 |
Funding reserves | 5,050 | 7,563 | 4,954 |
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