Loran Scholars Foundation
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.
B+
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
Fair
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.
89%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 89 cents are available for programs.
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Programs
About Loran Scholars Foundation :
Founded in 1988 as the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, Loran Scholars Foundation (LSF) offers Canada’s largest four-year scholarship award. LSF partners with universities, donors, and volunteers across Canada to give out awards up to $100,000 in value. LSF supports undergraduate students in the hope of helping them become Canada’s future leaders.
The Loran Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship given to students who show promise of leadership and other talents that will make their communities a better place, both during and after their time at university. In F2018, LSF selected 34 people to become Loran Scholars. The Loran Scholarship includes up to $10,000 annually to pay for tuition, a matching tuition waiver from one of 25 partnered universities, mentorship, summer internship opportunities, access to a network of current and former Loran Scholars, and a summer orientation experience. It also gave out 54 grants, valued at $5,000 to people who applied and were not selected for scholarship, as well as 50 provincial awards valued at $2,000.
Every Loran Scholar is paired with a Canadian leader for a four-year mentorship relationship. During the summer, Loran Scholars are encouraged to gain meaningful work experience. To help this process, Loran Scholars are given access to their network of alumni as well as up to $10,000 in funding for internship opportunities. These internships can be done anywhere in the world, providing they are focused on enterprise, public policy, or community development.
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Results and Impact
Charity Intelligence has rated Loran Scholars Foundation as Fair impact based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Fair
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Finances
Loran Scholars Foundation is a medium-sized charity with $3.2m in donations in F2018. LSF’s fundraising and administrative costs are 11% of revenues (excluding investment income). For every dollar donated, 89 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range. LSF has $16.1m in funding reserves, of which $3.6m is donor-endowed. Excluding endowed funds, funding reserves can cover program costs for five and a half years.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Loran Scholars Foundation for review. Comments and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated May 17, 2019 by Stefan Tetzlaff.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending April
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2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraising & admin costs as % of revenues | 10.6% | 6.5% | 8.7% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 554.8% | 535.2% | 416.5% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 3,172,907 | 5,043,420 | 3,284,686 |
| Investment income | 133,407 | 1,137,617 | 185,875 |
| Other income | 113,335 | 87,171 | 73,750 |
| Total revenues | 3,419,649 | 6,268,208 | 3,544,311 |
| Program costs | 1,065,523 | 1,067,549 | 1,047,650 |
| Grants | 1,353,000 | 1,300,833 | 1,168,875 |
| Fundraising & administrative costs | 348,293 | 335,471 | 293,131 |
| Cash flow from operations | 652,833 | 3,564,355 | 1,034,655 |
| Funding reserves | 16,057,015 | 15,369,518 | 11,793,330 |
Note: Ci reports restated figures for F2017. Ci adjusted for deferred donations, affecting total revenues by (72k) in F2018, $1.9m in F2017 and and $516k in F2016. Ci reported endowment contributions in donations and preservation of endowment capital in investment income, affecting total revenues by $58k in F2018, $444k in F2017 and $55k in F2016.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
1 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
2 |
$40k - $80k |
5 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2018
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