Note: Ci included unrealized gains (losses) in investment income, affecting total revenues by $37k in F2022, $126k in F2021, and ($53k) in F2020. Ci included changes in long-term receivables in other income, affecting total revenues by $nil in F2022, $nil in F2021, and $11k in F2020. Ci reported government funding of $38k from the charity's T3010 filing with the CRA in F2022. The funding was backed out of donations. Ci used T3010 data for the charity’s reported administrative and fundraising expenses in F2022. The total expenses on the audited financial statements and the total expenses provided in the T3010 were different. To adjust for this difference, Ci had to add $45k in expenses for F2022. Additionally, the total expenses on the audited financial statements do not appear include the grants to qualified donees that are included in the T3010. In F2022, there were $69k in grants to qualified donees. Ci backed out amortization on a pro-rata basis from program, administrative, and fundraising costs.

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CLA paid labour reimbursements to provincial lung associations which created the inflated labour numbers, which has caused the average per employee calculation to be misleading given the reporting done on the T3010.

For over 100 years, The Canadian Lung Association has been dedicated to its mission of promoting and improving lung health for all Canadians. The Canadian Lung Association is a non-profit and volunteer-based health charity that depends on donations from the public to support lung health research, education, prevention and advocacy. The charity’s activities touch on a variety of lung-related health issues including tobacco cessation, lung cancer, sleep apnea and chronic diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as infectious diseases like TB, flu and pneumonia. The charity estimates that 1 in 5 Canadians suffer from breathing difficulties.

The Canadian Lung Association is a federation of ten provincial Lung Associations and a national office, which are all separately incorporated. The national office delivers high-quality online lung health information, leads national advocacy efforts and manages a national research program. In partnership with our medical sections, the Canadian Thoracic Society and the Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals, The Lung Association developed a national campaign to bolster and elevate respiratory research in Canada. The Breathing As One campaign aims to raise $10 million over the next five years to enable our research strategy.

In addition, the provincial Lung Associations are responsible for direct fundraising, programs and services. The national office funds research and, through its two medical professional societies – The Canadian Thoracic Society and the Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals – provides educational and training opportunities for doctors and health professionals to increase their knowledge and skills in treating lung diseases. The Canadian Thoracic Society also produces clinical practice guidelines so that health professionals can provide optimal treatment and care to Canadians with respiratory disease.