United Israel Appeal of Canada
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements available only through official request for information from Charities Directorate.
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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.
95%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 95 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About United Israel Appeal of Canada:
Founded in 1967, United Israel Appeal of Canada (UIA) exists to promote Jewish culture, identity, and philanthropy. Most of its programs are run through partner oragnizations in Israel focused on development and humanitarian work. It also runs projects in Canada to reinforce Jewish identity, support Jewish people, and politically advocate for Jewish interests.
In F2019, UIA reports spending $58.7m on its projects in Israel. These projects are broken into the categories of education, poverty relief, medical programs, and immigrant absorption. It provides scholarships to students, helps Jews from around the world integrate into Israeli society, and supports the elderly, poor and disabled. It also funds scientific development and innovation projects, like investing in clean energy research.
United Israel Appeal of Canada owns land in Israel for its overseas projects. Its audited financial statements show a value of $1 for these properties, while they are reported at a value of $135m on UIA’s F2020 T3010 filing.
UIA reports another $2.7m in spending on overseas projects but does not say where the money went. It reports helping 55,000 Jews in 70 countries through the New-York based charity JDC, and running humanitarian projects for Jews in Venezuela.
UIA runs the Birthright program, which gives young Jewish Canadians a free guided trip to Israel. The goal is to help the international Jewish community feel a connection to Israel, Jewish history, and Jewish culture. UIA also promotes Jewish culture through micro-grants to cultural projects in small Canadian communities. It funds research and archival work by the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives. In F2019, UIA reports that these archives answered 1,000 queries, an increase over previous years.
One of UIA’s F2019 programs was a trip to New York where 25 of its top donors networked with industry leaders in technology and venture capital.
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Results and Impact
Ci was unable to find any quantification of United Israel Appeal of Canada’s impact. This may not be a complete representation of United Israel Appeal of Canada’s results and impact.
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Finances
United Israel Appeal of Canada received $88.5m in donations in F2019, making it one of Canada’s Major 100 charities. Administrative costs are 5% of revenues less investment income and fundraising costs are 0% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 5%. For every dollar donated, 95 cents go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
United Israel Appeal of Canada has funding reserves of $56.5m which could cover annual program costs for 8 months.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to United Israel Appeal of Canada for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 25, 2021 by Asha McMullin.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
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2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 5.1% | 4.6% | 4.1% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Total overhead spending | 5.4% | 4.9% | 4.5% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 68.0% | 43.6% | 84.5% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 88,467 | 100,978 | 112,198 |
| Government funding | 5 | 4 | 242 |
| Investment income | 1,096 | 2,561 | 2,308 |
| Total revenues | 89,567 | 103,543 | 114,749 |
| Program costs - International | 61,444 | 93,668 | 54,239 |
| Program costs - Canada | 21,535 | 22,534 | 21,836 |
| Administrative costs | 4,549 | 4,639 | 4,574 |
| Fundraising costs | 272 | 325 | 541 |
| Total spending | 87,799 | 121,166 | 81,190 |
| Cash flow from operations | 1,768 | (17,623) | 33,559 |
| Capital spending | 7 | 5,434 | 752 |
| Funding reserves | 56,465 | 50,701 | 64,266 |
Note: Ci adjusted for deferred donations to report on a cash basis affecting revenues by $3.5m in F2019, ($21.0m) in F2018, and $33.7m in F2017. Ci included foreign exchange gains/losses in investment income rather than program costs affecting revenues and expenses by ($589k) in F2019, $2.1m in F2018, and $1.5m in F2017. Ci removed gain on the sale of property in Israel from income, affecting revenues by $nil in F2019, ($2.7m) in F2018, and ($3.5m) in F2017.
Salary Information
$350k + |
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$300k - $350k |
1 |
$250k - $300k |
2 |
$200k - $250k |
3 |
$160k - $200k |
2 |
$120k - $160k |
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$80k - $120k |
0 |
$40k - $80k |
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< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2020
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