Compassion Canada
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.
Good
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.
82%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 82 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Compassion Canada:
Compassion Canada is a 5-star charity with Good demonstrated impact. The charity has a B+ results reporting grade, which is above average. For every dollar donated to the charity, 82 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci's reasonable range.
Founded in 1963, Compassion Canada (COMP) aims to eliminate child poverty in the name of Jesus Christ. Compassion Canada is a branch of Compassion International, which has affiliated chapters worldwide. COMP mostly receives funding through sponsorships or arrangements where donors commit to supporting individual children throughout their education. Other than child sponsorships, COMP runs Complementary Interventions and Survival programs. In F2024, Compassion Canada spent $61.8m on its programs.
A Charity Intelligence 2024 Top 100 Rated Charity.
Compassion Canada spent $53.8m (87%) on Child and Youth Development in F2024. Compassion Canada primarily partners children in third-world countries with Canadian families through sponsorship. COMP’s Child and Youth Development program aims to provide education, healthcare, food, religious teaching, and personal guidance to children in poor communities. In F2024, Compassion Canada sponsored 100,104 kids in F2024: 52,527 girls and 47,677 boys. Canadian sponsors sent 110,196 letters to their sponsored children.
Compassion Canada spent $6.1m (10%) on Complementary Interventions in F2024. COMP provides disaster relief and supports children with water, sanitation, hygiene, education, and health. COMP reached 375,444 people through its Complementary Interventions program in F2024. Specifically, 223,226 benefitted from disaster response, 94,195 benefitted from education, 28,759 benefitted from health, 20,053 benefitted from stability, and 9,301 people benefitted from water, hygiene, and sanitation.
Compassion Canada spent $1.8m (3%) on Survival in F2024. COMP’s Survival program assists mothers and babies to keep them in good health and positive development. In F2024, COMP supported 1,950 moms and babies across 135 Survival programs.
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Results and Impact
The following results are from a 2023 study on Compassion International’s programs in Bangladesh. The charity measured youth aged 15-18.
Child and Youth Development: Youth were found to be: 94% more likely to have a safe space in their community, 21% more likely to regularly contribute to their community, 137% more likely to have participated in a formal technical and vocational education or training program.
Complementary Initiatives: Youth were found to be: 27% more likely to always practice proper hand hygiene, 102% more likely to have received formal health care for illness or injury, 45% more likely to eat fruit and vegetables daily, and 79% more likely to participate in any technical and vocational education or training.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Compassion Canada's results and impact.
Charity Intelligence has given Compassion Canada a Good impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Good
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Finances
Compassion Canada received $73.3m in donations in F2024. The charity spent $61.8m on its programs, which is 83% of revenue. COMP recorded a deficit of $697k.
COMP spent $8.0m on fundraising, which is 11% of donations, and $5.0m on administrative costs, which is 7% of revenue (excluding investment income). Total overhead spending is 18%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 82 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.
COMP has $13.4m in reserve funds (cash and investments). These reserves can cover 22% or two months of its annual program costs. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Compassion Canada for review.
Updated on April 25, 2025 by Liam Chapleau.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending June
|
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 6.8% | 7.1% | 7.7% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 10.9% | 11.3% | 9.1% |
| Total overhead spending | 17.7% | 18.4% | 16.8% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 21.6% | 24.2% | 30.6% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 73,253 | 73,913 | 74,708 |
| Investment income | 759 | 685 | 10 |
| Other income | 37 | 11 | 28 |
| Total revenues | 74,048 | 74,609 | 74,746 |
| Program costs - International | 58,928 | 60,077 | 57,480 |
| Program costs - Canada | 2,859 | 2,994 | 4,388 |
| Grants | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Administrative costs | 4,961 | 5,255 | 5,715 |
| Fundraising costs | 7,998 | 8,334 | 6,822 |
| Total spending | 74,745 | 76,664 | 74,406 |
| Cash flow from operations | (697) | (2,055) | 340 |
| Capital spending | 60 | 401 | 459 |
| Funding reserves | 13,362 | 15,252 | 18,942 |
Note: 1. Deferred donations: Ci accounted for deferred donations, which was $233k in F2024, $27k in F2023, and $73k in F2022. 2. Amortization: Ci removed amortization from administrative, fundraising, and Canadian program costs on a pro-rata basis. 3. Use of T3010: Ci used the charity’s T3010 filing to report Canadian program costs. That amount was removed from the international program costs.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
1 |
$160k - $200k |
3 |
$120k - $160k |
6 |
$80k - $120k |
0 |
$40k - $80k |
0 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2024
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
Comment added on August 13, 2024:
Compassion Canada is honoured to once again be rated by Charity Intelligence Canada as a 5-star charity alongside many peer organizations in our sector that are responding to some of the world's most urgent needs.
Compassion's mission is to release children from poverty in Jesus' name. Right now, Compassion’s proven child development program is lifting more than 2 million infants, children and youth out of poverty in 29 countries around the world. As we work to scale our organization to advance life outcomes with more children and youth more quickly, we are thankful for the over 90,000 Compassion supporters in Canada who choose to be a part of our mission. We take seriously the responsibility of stewarding the resources entrusted to us by sponsors and donors. Compassion Canada operates with a deep commitment to our values of dignity, discernment, excellence, integrity and stewardship.
We invite you to learn more about Compassion's impact at compassion.ca/impact-report.
Charity Contact
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