PO Box 108, Toronto Adelaide Retail
Toronto, ON M5C 2H8
CEO: Susan McIsaac
Board Chair: Jake Lawrence

Charitable Reg. #:88880 4218 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 3/5]

✔+

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.

B+

RESULTS REPORTING

Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

Average

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.

57%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 57 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Right to Play :

Right To Play is a three-star charity with an average impact rating. It has an above average results reporting grade and overhead spending outside Ci's reasonable range. The charity is financially transparent; however it does not separate international, government, and Canadian donations. 

Founded in 2000, Right To Play (RTP) is an international charity that works to educate and empower children who live in poor and dangerous regions. Right To Play wants to give children the education and skills they need to rise above adversity and create a peaceful and equitable world. The charity focuses on educating children through play-based games and sports. Its main charitable programs are Education, Health and Well-Being, Child Protection, and Gender Equality. In F2022, RTP spent $51.4m on its international programs and $1.7m on public awareness and education. The charity does not provide a spending breakdown of its programs on its website. Overall, RTP reports it helped 2.8 million children through its programs in F2022.

Right To Play’s Education program focuses on helping students stay engaged in school and build life skills like confidence, courage, and cooperation. The charity trains teachers on how to use play-based learning to create a supportive environment in the classroom. RTP reports that it works with Ministries of Education to incorporate play-based learning into the education systems of the different regions it operates in. In F2022, RTP trained 101,514 teachers on how to deliver play-based lessons.

The Health and Well-Being program aims to educate children on important topics such as HIV, malaria, and general reproductive health. After the Pakistan flood, RTP changed its programming to provide 1,000 hygiene kits to affected families in F2022.

The charity’s Child Protection program teaches children how to guard themselves against violence, discrimination, and exploitation. RTP encourages teachers to talk to their students about unsafe situations like child marriage and child labour. In Tanzania, RTP helped 8,624 children with disabilities participate in class in F2022.

The Gender Equality program focuses on combating dangerous practices like female genital mutilation and child marriage. RTP educates parents and teachers on how to promote gender equality and reduce gender discrimination in classrooms and at home.

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Results and Impact

Students in Right To Play’s Ghana program read an average of 17 more words per minute than students in unsupported schools. In Uganda, 91% of children in its program know how to prevent the transmission of HIV, compared to the national average of 50%. Peer violence in Pakistan reduced by 25% in schools with Right To Play programs. In Mali, 96% of teachers ensure girls voices are heard in the classroom every day. The average in non-Right To Play schools is 70%

While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Right To Play's results and impact. 

Charity Intelligence has given Right To Play an Average impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent. 

Impact Rating: Average

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Finances

In F2022, RTP reports that it received $62.8m in donations. Right To Play does not report government funding separately from donations on its audited financial statements. It also does not report Canadian donations separately from international donations. Ci used RTP's T3010 filing with the CRA to repot government funding and Canadian donations. Ci calculates that the charity received $13.9m in donations in F2022.  

The charity reports fundraising costs as a sum for all its international locations. Ci reports fundraising costs for only Canadian donations. Fundraising costs are 37% of Canadian donations, and administrative costs are 6% of revenue. This results in total overhead spending of 43%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 57 cents are available to go to the cause, which is outside Ci’s reasonable range.

Right To Play has $39.0m in reserve funds. Its reserve funds can cover 73%, or under nine months of its annual program costs.

In F2021, RTP paid $598k to external fundraisers. In F2020, the charity paid $367k to external fundraisers. The charity's T3010 filing with the CRA does not report how much revenue was collected by external fundraisers in either year as the external fundraisers raise money to be directly sent to RTP. 

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Right To Play for review. Comments and edits may be forthcoming. 

Updated on July 11, 2023 by Liam Chapleau.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending December
202220212020
Administrative costs as % of revenues 5.9%7.0%4.0%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 36.7%29.1%37.5%
Total overhead spending 42.6%36.1%41.5%
Program cost coverage (%) 73.3%88.6%92.1%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202220212020
Donations 13,94712,54611,726
International donations 35,01829,48624,126
Goods in kind 04629
Government funding 15,76912,06613,142
Other income (1,992)4,8495,946
Total revenues 62,74258,99354,970
Program costs - International 51,44241,99036,811
Program costs - Canada 1,7321,6621,717
Administrative costs 3,7244,0992,217
Fundraising costs 5,1143,6554,397
Total spending 62,01351,40645,142
Cash flow from operations 7297,5869,828
Capital spending 54228781
Funding reserves 38,96538,66135,465

Note: To report on a cash basis, Ci adjusted for deferred contributions, contributions receivable, and lease inducements, affecting revenue in the amount of ($2.0m) in 2022, $80k in 2021, and $5.3m in 2020. Deferred contributions are included in other revenue as RTP did not disclose government and donor deferred contributions and contributions receivable. Ci removed amortization from administrative costs, fundraising costs, and program costs on a pro-rata basis. 

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 468

Avg. compensation: $40,571

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
1
$200k - $250k
4
$160k - $200k
2
$120k - $160k
2
$80k - $120k
0
$40k - $80k
0
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2021

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Charity Contact

Website: www.righttoplay.ca
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