20 Carlton St, Suite 126
Toronto, ON M5B 2H5
Executive Director: Rebecca Harrison
Board Chair: Adam Silver

Charitable Reg. #:85735 9012 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.

54%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 54 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Unity Charity:

Founded in 2008, Unity Charity uses Hip Hop art forms to promote resilience, mental health, and well-being among underserved youth. It works in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Alberta and is expanding across the country.  

Unity has two categories of program: inspire and engage. Inspire programs include performances, school visits, and a hip hop art festival. At these programs, Unity artists perform and share personal stories about how art triggered a positive change in their lives to increase awareness of the importance of community, stress management, and mental health. In F2019, Unity reached 28,720 youth in Ontario, 2,250 in Alberta, and 4,970 in Nova Scotia. Youth at inspire events sometimes want to learn more about hip hop art and might take part in an engage program.  

Engage programs are 12-30 week arts programs with weekly classes. They come in many levels. Some focus on one hip hop art form, like breakdance, spoken word, or songwriting, while others are multidisciplinary and incorporate many different types of hip hop art. In F2019, 955 Ontario youth took part in engage programs.

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Results and Impact

Unity Charity surveys its participants. Between F2016 and F2019, it reached more than 180,000 youth through its inspire program. Of these, 122,000 (68%) had improved stress management, community appreciation, and awareness of mental health. 

Unity Charity also reached 3,850 youth in its engage programs between F2016 and F2019. Of these youth, 2,781 (72%) reported increased resilience and 3,110 (82%) had stronger protective factors like self-esteem, social stills, and stress management strategies. 

Charity Intelligence has given Unity Charity a Low impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.

Impact Rating: Low

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Finances

Unity Charity is a small charity with donations of $495k in F2020. Its administrative costs are 12% of revenues (excluding investment income), and its fundraising costs are 34% of donations. This results in total overhead costs of 46%. For every dollar donated, 54 cents go to the cause, which is outside Ci’s reasonable range. 

The charity has funding reserves of $557k which could cover 7 months of its annual program costs. This charity report is an update that has been sent to Unity Charity for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming. 

Updated August 30, 2021 by Asha McMullin.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending August
202020192018
Administrative costs as % of revenues 12.4%14.5%15.5%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 34.0%23.7%22.5%
Total overhead spending 46.4%38.2%37.9%
Program cost coverage (%) 60.7%44.4%47.9%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $s
202020192018
Donations 494,796653,339644,721
Government funding 704,448473,418381,322
Fees for service 82,453181,508242,683
Business activities (net) 2,2093,3814,175
Investment income 151313961
Total revenues 1,284,0571,311,9591,273,862
Program costs 916,593964,248937,636
Administrative costs 159,531189,766196,719
Fundraising costs 168,173154,787144,740
Total spending 1,244,2971,308,8011,279,095
Cash flow from operations 39,7603,158(5,233)
Funding reserves 556,516427,687449,186

Note: Business activities are reported gross because related expenses are not disclosed.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 15

Avg. compensation: $58,875

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
0
$120k - $160k
0
$80k - $120k
1
$40k - $80k
9
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2020

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