Tamarack Recovery Centre

60 Balmoral Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C 1X4
Executive Director: Lisa Cowan
Board Chair: Phillip Grandmont

Charitable Reg. #:13115 9337 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 2/5]

✔+

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.

A

RESULTS REPORTING

Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

Low

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.

65%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 65 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Tamarack Recovery Centre:

Tamarack Recovery Centre is a 2-star charity with Low demonstrated impact. It has a good results reporting grade and high overhead spending. The charity has $357k in funding reserves that can cover annual program costs for just under 8 months. 

Founded in 1978, Tamarack Recovery Centre (formerly Tamarack Rehab Inc.) is a residential addiction treatment and recovery centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tamarack aims to help its clients answer the questions: ‘why did I become addicted?’ and ‘how do I recover?’

Tamarack offers an extended program and continuing after-care to make lasting change as its clients rebuild their lives. Tamarack Recovery Centre offers: a 60-day residential addiction treatment program for people who have 28 days sober, an extended 78-day program for people who do not yet have 28 days sobriety, and aftercare support with a focus on lifestyle management for long-term recovery.

In F2021, Tamarack helped 28 clients, 47% of these clients were male and 53% were female. The charity also states that Indigenous individuals comprise 40% of its clientele. Of these 28 clients, 19 graduated from the program (68% graduation rate).

During covid-19, Tamarack counsellors also offered additional no-cost virtual support which included counselling and daily check-ins. Counsellors provided over 30 hours a month of this support in F2021.  

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Results and Impact

Tamarack Recovery Centre reports that since 2013, the centre has an average completion rate of 83%, which exceeds the industry average of 44% for long-term residential addictions treatment. The charity also reports that 82% of previous clients are currently abstinent from drugs and alcohol and 64% had maintained abstinence since treatment.  

Additionally, Tamarack reports that 86% of clients report being “very satisfied” with their counsellors and with the safety of the house. 100% of clients would recommend the program to others.  

While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Tamarack Recovery Centre’s results and impact.  

Charity Intelligence has given Tamarack Recovery Centre a Low impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.  

Impact Rating: Low

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Finances

Tamarack Recovery Centre received $191k in donations in F2021. It also received $455k in government funding (59% of total revenues). Administrative costs are 26% of revenues (excluding investment income) and fundraising costs are 10% of donations. For every dollar donated, 65 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. 

The charity has funding reserves of $357k which can cover just under eight months of annual program costs.  

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Tamarack Recovery Centre for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.  

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending March
202120202019
Administrative costs as % of revenues 25.5%14.0%19.6%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 9.8%4.2%4.1%
Total overhead spending 35.3%18.2%23.7%
Program cost coverage (%) 65.4%52.3%52.8%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $s
202120202019
Donations 191,081534,69844,951
Government funding 455,437448,803467,777
Fees for service 104,538210,225206,896
Other income 20,2136931,046
Total revenues 771,2691,194,419720,670
Program costs 546,422527,431525,291
Administrative costs 196,645166,700141,136
Fundraising costs 18,75522,5981,832
Other costs 10,52100
Total spending 772,343716,729668,259
Cash flow from operations (1,074)477,69052,411
Capital spending 150,381653,0560
Funding reserves 357,094276,039277,350

Note: To report revenues on a cash basis, Ci adjusted for deferred income. This affected total revenues by ($28k) in F2021, $475k in F2020, and $22k in F2019. Ci excluded the forgivable portion of CEBA loan, decreasing total revenues by $20k in F2021. Ci also excluded deferred contributions related to capital assets, this decreased total revenues by $10k in F2021 and $12k in F2020.  

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 10

Avg. compensation: $51,028

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
0
$120k - $160k
0
$80k - $120k
0
$40k - $80k
4
< $40k
6

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2021

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Charity Contact

Website: www.tamarackrehab.org
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 204-775-3546

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Charitable Registration Number: 80340 7956 RR0001