Humanity First Canada is a 3-star rated charity that is financially transparent. It has above average accountability to donors as seen in the B+ results reporting grade. For every dollar donated to this charity, 99 cents go to the cause. This is outside Ci's reasonable range for overhead spending.

Founded in 1995, Humanity First Canada (HFC) is the Canadian arm of Humanity First, an international aid charity registered in 50 countries across six continents. HFC’s mission is to run focused and results-oriented development programs that promote and seek to build stronger communities where people are engaged in helping those in need. HFC outlines nine major programs on its website: Refugee Resettlement, Food Security, Water for Life, Community Care, Global Health, Gift of Sight, Knowledge for Life, Disaster Relief, and Orphan Care. The charity reports that it operates these programs in 19 countries.

In F2021, Humanity First Canada allocated 38% of program costs) to Refugee Resettlement, making it HFC’s largest program by spending. HFC welcomed 93 refugees to Canada, including 23 families. It held three newcomer orientation sessions, and distributed over 25 new school bags filled with school supplies to children of refugee families.

Humanity First Canada allocated 27% of program costs to Food Security in F2021. Internationally, the charity provided food support across 200 villages in 3 countries. Within Ontario, 7,400 families totalling 30,000 individuals benefitted from use of the food bank. The food bank also made 1,500 food deliveries to clients who could not access support due to transportation barriers.

The Water for Life program accounted for 10% of Humanity First Canada's program spending in F2021. The charity installed 29 handpumps and two electric boreholes across rural Chad, serving 19,300 people. The charity also constructed 15 handpumps in Cameroon, 3 in Nigeria and a well in Pakistan, serving 33,700, 1,200 and 240 people, respectively.

In F2021, 9% of program costs were allocated to the Global Health program. This program provided medical care across five facilities. These facilities include a cottage clinic in Nigeria, two mother and child clinics in Bangladesh, a ten-bed medical clinic in Congo and a 35-bed hospital in Senegal. In total, this program served over 22,000 people in F2021.

In F2021, the remainder of program costs were allocated to Disaster Relief (3%), Community Care (4%), Knowledge for Life (4%), Gift of Sight (2%), and Orphan Care (3%).

Humanity First Canada reported total donations of $5.0m in F2021. Administrative costs are 1% of revenues (excluding investment income) and the charity reported no fundraising costs. This means overhead costs are 1%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 99 cents go to the cause. This is outside of Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. 

Humanity First Canada reports no full-time employees and three part-time employees in its most recent F2021 T3010 CRA filing. The charity reports expenditure on part-time employees to be $27,644. This is highly unusual for a charity of Humanity First Canada's size with $5.0 million in donations, and the regulatory requirements on international charities to meet direction and control of funds. 

Humanity First Canada’s funding reserves of $9.7m can cover annual program costs for roughly 4.9 years. 

This charity report is an update that was sent to Humanity First for review. Comments and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on August 29, 2022 by Angelina Curwin.