Sleeping Children Around the World

28 Pinehurst Crescent
Toronto, ON M9A 3A5
Executive Director: Linda Webb
Board Chair: Maurice Kowanetz

Charitable Reg. #:13163 4396 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.

93%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 93 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Sleeping Children Around the World:

Sleeping Children Around the World is a 2-star charity. It has low demonstrated impact per dollar spent, large funding reserves, and low fundraising costs. However, it is financially transparent and has a good results reporting grade of A. Before you give, read Charity Intelligence's report.

Founded in 1970, Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW) aims to improve the health and well-being of children in developing countries. The charity distributes bed kits to children aged 6 to 12. SCAW states that bed kits are manufactured locally to help stimulate the economy in the target country. Each kit contains a mattress, a mosquito net, bedding, clothing, and school supplies – contents vary from country to country. SCAW works only in countries with Gross National Income per capita less than US $6,000. 

In F2022, SCAW spent $152,000 to distribute 4,343 bed kits for an average cost of $35 per bed kit. In F2022, it sent bed kits to Bangladesh, Tanzania, and Uganda. Going forward, SCAW intends for its bed kits to cost $40 each.

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Results and Impact

Sleeping Children Around the World used the World Health Organization’s reports and statistics to estimate the impact of its work. It estimates that the 105,153 long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) that SCAW distributed between 2016 and 2020 saved 589 lives. The nets also reduced the number of malaria cases by over 9,300. This saved families US $114k in out-of-pocket medical costs and costs associated with mothers being able to work instead of caring for sick children. The LLINs also saved public health systems US $113k due to decreases in malaria cases. These nets helped increase Gross Domestic Product by US $2m due to people staying at work rather than being sick.

While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Sleeping Children Around the World’s results and impact. 

Charity Intelligence has given Sleeping Children Around the World a Low impact rating for demonstrated impact per dollar.

Impact Rating: Low

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Finances

Sleeping Children Around the World received donations and special events revenue of $1.8m in F2022. Administrative costs are 7% of revenues (less investment income) and reported fundraising costs are less than 1% of donations. Total overhead spending is 7%. For each dollar donated, 93 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. 

SCAW's policy is to use revenue from its Pinehurst Club fundraising events and the investment income from its founder's endowment to cover all administrative and fundraising costs.

SCAW has reserve funds of $8.2m, including $6.2m in investments. This amount can cover program costs at the F2022 level for 53 years. Due to the effects of covid-19, international program costs decreased 93% from $2.3m in F2020 to $152k in F2022. During this covid period, reserve funds increased 52% from $5.4m in F2020 to $8.2m in F2022. Using the pre-covid F2020 program costs, the charity's reserve fund can cover 3.5 years of programs. 

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Sleeping Children Around the World for review. Comments and edits may be forthcoming. 

Updated July 11, 2023 by Emily Downing.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending February
202220212020
Administrative costs as % of revenues 6.7%7.7%6.3%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 0.1%0.5%1.8%
Total overhead spending 6.8%8.1%8.1%
Program cost coverage (%) 5,366.7%2,010.4%230.1%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $s
202220212020
Donations 1,757,5771,531,2282,599,592
Business activities (net) 03151,461
Special events 47,68325,142206,589
Investment income 109,86241,731135,767
Other income (2,553)9,8529,144
Total revenues 1,912,5691,608,2682,952,553
Program costs - International 152,000324,3082,330,726
Administrative costs 121,075120,067176,109
Fundraising costs 1,1777,02451,118
Total spending 274,252451,3992,557,953
Cash flow from operations 1,638,3171,156,869394,600
Capital spending 000
Funding reserves 8,157,3596,519,8115,363,628

Note: Ci Reported HST rebates as other revenue, affecting income and expenses by ($3k) in F2022, $10k in F2021, and $9k in F2020. Ci reported foreign exchange gains and losses in investment income affecting revenues and expenses by ($2k) in F2022, ($8k) in F2021, $2k in F2020.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 1

Avg. compensation: $50,734

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
1
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022

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Comments & Contact

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Charity Contact

Website: www.scaw.org
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