Unity Charity
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
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
Fiscal year ending August
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2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
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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 StatementsAll figures in $s |
2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
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Donations | 494,796 | 653,339 | 644,721 |
Government funding | 704,448 | 473,418 | 381,322 |
Fees for service | 82,453 | 181,508 | 242,683 |
Business activities (net) | 2,209 | 3,381 | 4,175 |
Investment income | 151 | 313 | 961 |
Total revenues | 1,284,057 | 1,311,959 | 1,273,862 |
Program costs | 916,593 | 964,248 | 937,636 |
Administrative costs | 159,531 | 189,766 | 196,719 |
Fundraising costs | 168,173 | 154,787 | 144,740 |
Total spending | 1,244,297 | 1,308,801 | 1,279,095 |
Cash flow from operations | 39,760 | 3,158 | (5,233) |
Funding reserves | 556,516 | 427,687 | 449,186 |
Note: Business activities are reported gross because related expenses are not disclosed.
Salary Information
$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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