Jump Math
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✔+
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.
High
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.
41%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 41 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Jump Math:
Founded in 2002 by Canadian mathematician John Mighton, JUMP Math works to build understanding and love of math in students and educators. It believes that every child can be good at math. JUMP Math recognizes that there is a strong link between a child’s academic success and their future contribution to society. It designs math learning resources that align with the curriculum and help students at all skill levels gain confidence in their ability to learn. JUMP Math uses the latest research in cognitive science and educational psychology to develop its program.
A Charity Intelligence 2021 Top 10 Impact Charity
Kindergarten to grade eight classrooms use JUMP Math. JUMP Math produces teacher resources (detailed lesson plans, unit tests with answer keys, curriculum correlations, etc.), student practice books, and digital lesson slides. In F2020, JUMP Math’s National Book Fund Program awarded free resources to 3,853 students across Canada. JUMP Math gave out 2,365 more free resources in other countries around the world. It also holds professional development events across Canada and the US for K-8 educators.
JUMP Math works primarily in Canada but is also used in Spain, United States, Chile, Bulgaria, and Colombia.
Since 2002, JUMP Math has grown rapidly. It is now used by over 250,000 students worldwide with over 180,000 in Canada and approximately 40,000 in Spain. In Canada’s remote indigenous communities 15% of elementary school students are using JUMP Math’s program.
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Results and Impact
In F2019, 256 students using JUMP Math in grades four to seven completed the WRAT-4 math subtest in both the fall and spring of the school year. JUMP Math reports that math achievement grew at 2.6 times the rate of the WRAT-4 standard sample. The number of students scoring ‘average’ or above increased from 50% in the fall to 60% in the spring. The number of students scoring ‘above average’ or higher increased from 4% in the fall to 12% in the spring.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of JUMP Math’s results and impact.
Ci has rated JUMP Math as High impact based on demonstrated impact per dollar.
Impact Rating: High

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Finances
JUMP Math received donations of $1.0m in F2020.
Income from sale of lessons and books was $3.7m (74% of total revenue) in F2020. Administrative costs are 17% of revenues (excluding investment income), and fundraising costs are 42% of donations. This results in an overhead spending of 59%. For every dollar donated, $0.41 go to the cause. This is not within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. Funding reserves of $760k can cover 2.4 months of annual program costs.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to JUMP Math for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on June 4, 2021 by Asha McMullin
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending April
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2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
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Administrative costs as % of revenues | 16.7% | 10.8% | 6.9% |
Fundraising costs as % of donations | 42.1% | 54.1% | 25.2% |
Total overhead spending | 58.7% | 64.9% | 32.1% |
Program cost coverage (%) | 19.9% | 22.5% | 37.3% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
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Donations | 1,034 | 875 | 1,745 |
Government funding | 164 | 0 | 0 |
Fees for service | 3,738 | 3,243 | 3,247 |
Investment income | 6 | 17 | 12 |
Other income | 126 | 108 | 64 |
Total revenues | 5,068 | 4,243 | 5,067 |
Program costs - International | 515 | 543 | 541 |
Program costs - Canada | 3,305 | 3,329 | 3,646 |
Administrative costs | 843 | 457 | 347 |
Fundraising costs | 435 | 474 | 440 |
Total spending | 5,099 | 4,802 | 4,973 |
Cash flow from operations | (31) | (559) | 94 |
Funding reserves | 760 | 873 | 1,561 |
Note: Ci has backed out deferred donations to report on a cash basis. This affected revenue by ($3k) in F2020, ($382k) in F2019, and $141k in F2018. Ci reported publication sales, training, and royalties revenues in fees for services. Ci gathered program, administrative and fundraising costs from the charity’s T3010 CRA filings and backed out amortization from administrative costs.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
1 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
7 |
$40k - $80k |
1 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2020
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
The charity provided these comments for a previous version of this profile. Updated comments may be provided shortly:
Founded in Canada in 2002, JUMP Math creates and disseminates math programs for children in kindergarten to grade 8, provides educator professional development and coaching, and conducts math education research in conjunction with leading educational institutions. JUMP Math’s innovative instructional approach is supported by the latest cognitive science research. The charity’s mission is to enhance potential by encouraging an understanding and love of math in students and educators. JUMP Math believes that there is a causal link between a child’s academic success in math and their future life success and contribution to society, regardless of whether they pursue a math oriented career.
JUMP Math resources are available for all grades between kindergarten and grade 8. The charity offers published materials, professional development and coaching to help teachers, tutors, and parents effectively deliver JUMP Math to their students and/or children. In F2017, JUMP Math reached 175,000 students, worldwide, with its classroom and tutoring programs. In Canada, it reached 150,000 students, including 8,800 students studying in schools on First Nations reserves. In addition, it provided professional development to over 2,750 educators and, through its National Book Fund and REACH program, it provided free materials for 3,670 students and related teacher materials and professional development and provided resources and training to non-profit tutoring organizations to support over 250 tutors, serving 2,240 students. In addition, it reached almost 15,000 students in the United States, 12,000 students in Spain and 4,000 additional students around the world.
Charity Contact
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