Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind
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RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
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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.
83%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 83 cents are available for programs.
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Programs
About Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind:
Founded in 1984, Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind (CGDB) strives to assist visually impaired Canadians by training and providing guide dogs. CGDB runs its training program at its National Training Centre in Manotick, Ontario. Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind’s training centre features nine acres of space and a kennel that can house 20 to 30 dogs.
Within its dog training program, CGDB offers two main services. It offers guide dogs for visually impaired clients and assistance dogs for clients with movement-related disabilities. Guide dogs are fully trained for five to eight months to support clients with mobility and independence, while assistance dogs receive training to perform a variety of physical tasks such as retrieving items. Clients can lease a dog for only $1.00 and are responsible for food and veterinary expenses.
In 2018, Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind reported that its 850th guide dog graduated from its training program. It last reported that 600 guide dogs had graduated in 2007. During this 11-year period, CGDB graduated around 23 dogs per year from its training program. If CGDB trained an average of 23 dogs in each of the past three years, the average operating cost per dog was more than $74,300.
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Results and Impact
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind estimates that only around 2% of Canada’s blind and visually impaired population can access a guide dog. CGDB states that it has helped to reach more than 870 clients across Canada since founding.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind’s results and impact.
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Finances
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind is a medium-sized charity with $2.3m in donations in F2019. Administrative costs are 8% of revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs are 9% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 17%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 83 cents go to the cause. This falls within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
CGDB has total funding reserves of $7.2m, of which $311k is donor-endowed. Excluding donor-endowed funds, the charity can cover nearly five years of annual program costs with its existing reserves.
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind’s capital spending doubled in F2019, rising from $2.6m to $5.2m. Its financial statements report an increase in capital assets associated with new training centres and kennels under construction. CGDB is currently in the process of building a new and expanded National Training Centre in Manotick, Ontario.
In F2018, the most recent T3010 filing year available for CGDB, it paid $29k to external fundraisers. The charity does not state how much revenue these fundraisers collected.
This report is an update that has been sent to Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 21, 2020 by Eric Zhao.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
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2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 8.0% | 6.3% | 7.0% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 8.8% | 8.6% | 8.6% |
| Total overhead spending | 16.8% | 15.0% | 15.5% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 497.1% | 791.7% | 928.9% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 2,299,598 | 2,062,608 | 1,740,511 |
| Lotteries (net) | 122,916 | 100,444 | 117,130 |
| Business activities (net) | 18,172 | 23,898 | 42,107 |
| Investment income | 426,863 | (611,245) | 1,083,017 |
| Total revenues | 2,867,549 | 1,575,705 | 2,982,765 |
| Program costs | 1,399,694 | 1,338,699 | 1,394,446 |
| Administrative costs | 194,873 | 138,673 | 132,164 |
| Fundraising costs | 202,558 | 177,580 | 148,834 |
| Total spending | 1,797,125 | 1,654,952 | 1,675,444 |
| Cash flow from operations | 1,070,424 | (79,247) | 1,307,321 |
| Capital spending | 5,154,290 | 2,575,540 | 298,755 |
| Funding reserves | 7,191,344 | 10,782,758 | 13,115,895 |
Note: Ci included testamentary bequests in donations, affecting total revenues by $1.4m in F2019, $1.2m in F2018, and $772k in F2017. Ci included unrealized gains (losses) on investments in investment income, affecting total revenues by $143k in F2019, ($1.0m) in F2018, and $710k in F2017. Ci excluded amortization of deferred capital contributions, affecting total revenues by ($11k) in F2019, ($11k) in F2018, and ($11k) in F2017.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
1 |
$40k - $80k |
6 |
< $40k |
3 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2018
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