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. COMP is a branch of Compassion International, which has affiliated chapters worldwide. Compassion Canada mostly receives funding through sponsorships or arrangements where donors commit to supporting individual children throughout their education. Other than child sponsorships, COMP has Complementary Interventions and Survival programs. In F2023, Compassion Canada spent $63.1m on its programs.
A Charity Intelligence 2023 Top 100 Rated Charity
Compassion Canada spent $54.7m (87%) on Child and Youth Development in F2023. 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 F2023, Canadian sponsors sent 110,107 letters to their sponsored children. COMP sponsored 102,316 children in F2023. The charity reports it served 36,037 more children in F2023 compared to F2022.
Compassion Canada spent $6.3m (10%) on Complementary Interventions in F2023. COMP provides disaster relief and supports children with water, sanitation, hygiene, education, and health. COMP reached 59,602 children through its Complementary Interventions program. Specifically, 35,154 youth benefitted from water, hygiene, and sanitation; 6,131 benefitted from stability interventions; 2,752 benefitted from education interventions; and 16,566 benefitted from health interventions. Compassion Canada reports its Complementary Interventions reached 547 communities in F2023.
Compassion Canada spent $2.1m (3%) on Survival in F2023. COMP’s Survival program assists mothers and babies to keep them in good health and positive development. In F2023, COMP supported 2,012 moms and babies across 139 Survival programs.
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Results and Impact
Compassion Canada measured the results of its program in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Ecuador. The charity did not explicitly state the date of these results.
In Ethiopia, youth in Compassion’s program were 26% more likely to complete a higher level of education and 25% more likely to use an “income generating” skill than youth not in Compassion’s programs.
In Ghana, youth in Compassion’s program were 96% more likely to attend leadership training.
In Ecuador, youth in Compassion’s program were 14% less likely to have missed school due to illness and 13% more likely to have an adult role model than youth not in Compassion’s program.
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 is a Major 100 charity, one of the largest charities in Canada by donations. Compassion Canada received $73.9m in donations in F2023. The charity spent $63.1m on its international and domestic programs, which is 85% of revenue. COMP recorded an operating loss of $2.1m in F2023, meaning the charity drew on its reserve funds.
Administrative costs are 7% of revenue (excluding investment income) and fundraising costs are 11% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 82 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range.
COMP has $15.3m in reserve funds, which can cover 24%, or three months of its annual program costs. This low program cost coverage reflects Compassion Canada’s high dependency on continued sponsorship from individual donors. In F2023, child sponsorships represented 85% of total revenue.
Charity Intelligence has sent this update to Compassion Canada for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on May 30, 2024 by Liam Chapleau.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending June
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2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 7.1% | 7.7% | 5.8% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 11.3% | 9.1% | 8.2% |
| Total overhead spending | 18.4% | 16.8% | 13.9% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 24.2% | 30.6% | 30.9% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 73,913 | 74,708 | 73,983 |
| Investment income | 685 | 10 | 328 |
| Other income | 11 | 28 | 1,105 |
| Total revenues | 74,609 | 74,746 | 75,416 |
| Program costs - International | 60,077 | 57,480 | 57,443 |
| Program costs - Canada | 2,994 | 4,388 | 3,066 |
| Grants | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Administrative costs | 5,255 | 5,715 | 4,351 |
| Fundraising costs | 8,334 | 6,822 | 6,030 |
| Total spending | 76,664 | 74,406 | 70,891 |
| Cash flow from operations | (2,055) | 340 | 4,525 |
| Capital spending | 401 | 459 | 108 |
| Funding reserves | 15,252 | 18,942 | 18,689 |
Note: 1: PROGRAM COSTS: Ci reported international program spending from the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA and removed the amounts from Canadian program costs. Ci reported gifts to qualified donees from CRA filings and included them in grants rather than Canadian program costs. 2: AMORTIZATION: Ci removed amortization on a pro-rata basis from Canadian program, administrative, and fundraising costs 3: DEFERRED REVENUE: Ci adjusted for deferred donations, affecting revenue by $27k in F2023, $73k in F2022, and $60k in F2021.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
1 |
$160k - $200k |
1 |
$120k - $160k |
8 |
$80k - $120k |
0 |
$40k - $80k |
0 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
Comment added on October 23, 2023:
Strategic Priorities
Here’s what we believe: We have a responsibility to strategically steward and invest our resources to maximize impact today and for the future.
Globally, Compassion has a multi-year priority to scale our ministry to advance life outcomes with more children and youth more quickly.
Rooted in our unwavering Christ-centred, child-focused and church-driven foundations, Compassion is making strategic investments globally and domestically to achieve this important multi-year priority.
What that looks like around the world
Compassion’s teams around the world are working hard to operationalize a robust theory of change and ambitious program transformation efforts. Our goal is to advance evidence-based outcomes with more children and youth more quickly.
See examples of evidence-based outcomes under Evidence of Impact.
What that looks like in Canada
Compassion Canada’s organizational planning starts with our foundations, including our mission and strategic anchors.
From our foundations, we pursue our multi-year goals:
Evidence of Impact
As we seek to advance evidence-based outcomes with more children and youth more quickly, Compassion is making investments in monitoring and evaluating program outcomes to ensure your generosity has the most impact possible. Here are just a few examples of the encouraging outcomes we are seeing around the world!
Compassion’s programs impact children in every aspect of life:
Charity Contact
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