World Renew is a 5-star charity with Good demonstrated impact on its international development programs. The charity is financially transparent and has reasonable overhead costs. Its results reporting grade is above average.

Founded in 1964, World Renew Canada is a Christian international aid charity, running disaster relief and international development programs. It focuses on promoting peace, justice, health, nutrition, and economic development in the communities it serves. World Renew Canada also works to resettle refugees. It works closely with World Renew USA and Canadian Foodgrains Bank to run its global projects.

A Charity Intelligence 2023 Top 100 Rated Charity

World Renew’s main programs comprise Disaster Programs, Overseas Development, Education and Justice, and Domestic development. In F2023, the charity helped 549,795 people in 1,200 communities across 29 countries.

The Overseas Development programs comprised 53% of its overall program spending. In F2023, World Renew partnered with 66 churches and Christian organizations around the world providing support in 29 developing countries. World Renew’s overseas development programs helped  221,652 people in F2023.

The Disaster Relief programs represented 28% of World Renew’s spending in F2023. The programs provide emergency food, water, shelter, sanitation, economic assistance, and livelihood rehabilitation. In addition to providing short-term support immediately after a disaster, World Renew aims to address the longer-term effects of disasters with its programs. In F2023, World Renew submitted sponsorship applications for 206 refugees, 45 of whom were sponsored through the government of Canada’s Operation Afghanistan Safety Program. The charity helped 328,134 disaster beneficiaries in 21 countries.

The Education and Justice programs accounted for 15% of World Renew’s overall program spending. The programs aim to improve social and gender equity in the communities served. In the last ten years, World Renew reports that 618,539 people have benefited from its Education and Justice programs.

The remaining 5% of program spending was on Domestic Development.

In F2023, World Renew Canada received $13.9m in Canadian donations and $821k in international donations. It also received $7.5m in government funding, accounting for 33% of revenue. According to its financial notes, World Renew receives funding from two related parties: World Renew USA and the Christian Reformed Church in North America – Canada Corporation. However, the charity does not disclose the amounts of related party transfers included within donations.

Administrative costs are 6% of revenues, and fundraising costs are 12% of revenues for a total overhead spending of 18%. For every dollar donated, 82 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.

World renew has $16.2m in funding reserves and can cover about nine months of its current rate of program spending.

In F2023, World Renew granted $14.0m to Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). CFGB works with Global Affairs Canada and 15 partners, including World Renew, to aid developing countries.

Charity Intelligence has sent this update to World Renew for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on June 24, 2024 by Ben Dobozy.