Wellspring Calgary
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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.
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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.
79%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 79 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Wellspring Calgary:
Founded in 2006, Wellspring Calgary aims to address the emotional, social, and restorative needs of people living with cancer and their caregivers. The charity offers over 40 programs to meet these needs. Programs are free, available without referral, and offered at two locations in Calgary: Carma House and Randy O’Dell House, which opened in September 2019.
Wellspring Calgary has four primary ‘wellness’ pillars for its programs: Core & Educational, Expressive Arts, Movement & Meditation, and Caregiver & Self-care. Besides these pillars, the charity also has young adult programs, one-on-one programs, energy session programs, bereavement programs, financial help programs, a speaker series, and program resources. Anyone over 18 years old with cancer can become a Wellspring member for free access to all programs, resources, and services.
In 2019, Wellspring Calgary served 1,449 members and 402 non-members in F2019. Wellspring Calgary delivered 40,035 program hours. According to the charity, 37% of program hours were devoted to movement/mediation, 24% to expressive arts, 14% caregiving/self-care, 13% to external groups, and 12% to education.
In F2019, Wellspring Calgary concluded a fundraising campaign that raised $13.2 million, above the campaign goal of $12.9 million. In F2020, Wellspring Calgary announced a new fundraising campaign to another $8.4 million: $3 million for operations, $2 million for Carma House renovation and naming, and $3.4 million for an endowment.
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Results and Impact
Wellspring Calgary conducts annual surveys on its members. In F2019, 97% of members gained skills and knowledge to address their needs, 95% of members can manage stressful situations better, and 99% of members agree that Wellspring helps them feel less isolated. The total number of respondents was not stated in the charity’s annual report.
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Finances
Wellspring Calgary is a Medium-sized charity, receiving $3.8m in donations and special events revenue in F2019. Administrative costs are 5% of revenues and fundraising costs are 15% of donations. For every dollar donated, 80 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. Funding reserves of $12.1m can cover 7.0 years of annual program costs.
The charity spent $4.1m on capital expenditures in F2019, $2.3m in F2018, $116k in F2017. Expenses primarily relate to the construction of Randy O’Dell House.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Wellspring Calgary for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 17, 2020 by Tenzin Shomar.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
|
2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 5.2% | 3.8% | 11.4% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 15.3% | 11.9% | 34.5% |
| Total overhead spending | 20.5% | 15.7% | 45.8% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 699.0% | 859.8% | 888.0% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 2,711,523 | 3,541,340 | 902,426 |
| Goods in kind | 56,666 | 17,650 | 2,090 |
| Government funding | 0 | 0 | 12,500 |
| Special events | 1,080,717 | 688,958 | 570,241 |
| Investment income | 315,421 | 267,727 | 286,204 |
| Other income | 5,549 | 7,051 | 4,813 |
| Total revenues | 4,169,876 | 4,522,726 | 1,778,274 |
| Program costs | 1,734,571 | 1,562,864 | 1,490,782 |
| Grants | 0 | 50,091 | 0 |
| Administrative costs | 201,484 | 161,725 | 169,462 |
| Fundraising costs | 580,301 | 504,325 | 507,546 |
| Total spending | 2,516,356 | 2,279,005 | 2,167,790 |
| Cash flow from operations | 1,653,520 | 2,243,721 | (389,516) |
| Capital spending | 4,101,780 | 2,341,530 | 115,771 |
| Funding reserves | 12,124,676 | 13,868,318 | 13,238,056 |
Note: Ci adjusted for deferred contributions and excluded amortization of deferred contributions, affecting donations by $541k in F2019, $2.0m in F2018, and ($306k) in F2017. Ci included endowment contribution in donations, increasing revenues by $17k in F2019, $2k in F2018, and $2k in F2017.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
3 |
$40k - $80k |
7 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2018
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