Canadian Cancer Society

Suite 300 - 55 St Clair Avenue West
Toronto , ON M4V 2Y7
President & CEO: Pamela Fralick
Board Chair: Marc Genereux

Website: www.cancer.ca
Charitable Reg. #: 11882 9803 RR0001

Sector: Health - Cancer

Operating Charity

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Social Results Reporting

Grade: A-

The grade is based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

Financial Transparency

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity's website [ Audited financial statement for most recent year ]

Program Cost Coverage

Funding Reserves Program Costs

Spending Breakdown

Full-time staff #118

Avg. Compensation $99,049

Top 10 Staff Salary Range

$350k +	2
$300k - $350k	0
$250k - $300k	0
$200k - $250k	5
$160k - $200k	3
$120k - $160k	0
$80k - $120k	0
$40k - $80k	0
< $40k	0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2015

About Canadian Cancer Society:

Founded in 1938, the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) funds cancer research, influences government policy on cancer and provides information to prevent cancer and to support people with this disease. CCS estimates that there will be 196,900 people diagnosed with cancer this year. Its goals, as a result, are to raise survival rates and improve the quality of life of cancer victims.

The Canadian Cancer Society runs the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (CCSRI). CCSRI's research areas cover prevention, treatment and diagnosis. It reviews all funding applications and allocates funds. CCS allocated $42.8m to fund over 400 projects this year - 24% of total revenues went to cancer research grants. These research grants supported 862 scientists.

The Canadian Cancer Society runs many programs on cancer awareness. There are multiple information sources on CCS's website, which 7 million people visited in the past year. The Smokers' Helpline service answered 55,000 telephone calls in 2015. The charity also gave out 1,500 print copies of a cancer literacy document.

CCS partnered with Statistics Canada to publish the Canadian Cancer Statistics Report 2015. Thanks to CCS's support, researchers produced 703 publications this year. These publications were used in 4 public policy documents and 11 healthcare guidelines. Today, cancer survival rates are 60%, compared to 25% in the 1940s.

Financial Review:

Canadian Cancer Society is one of the Major 100 charities of Canada. In F2015, it received donations and special event revenue of $150.2m. Administrative costs are 13% of revenues and fundraising costs come to 37% of donations. Total overhead costs are 50%, above Ci's reasonable range. CCS has funding reserves of $136.9m of which $11.0m are donor-endowed. Excluding donor-endowed funds, CCS's funding reserves can cover 1.1 years of program costs.

This charity report is an update that is being reviewed by Canadian Cancer Society. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on June 14th, 2016 by Mirza Ali Shakir.

Financial Ratios Fiscal year ending January	2015	2014	2013
Administrative costs as % of revenues	13.2%	11.3%	11.4%
Fundraising costs as % of donations	37.1%	31.8%	33.0%
Program cost coverage (%)	122.1%	127.5%	121.9%

Summary Financial Statements All figures in $000s	2015	2014	2013
Donations	83,340	93,325	94,430
Government funding	10,681	11,987	11,472
Lotteries (net)	7,289	9,926	10,959
Special events	66,803	71,260	75,399
Investment income	6,679	4,554	3,589
Other income	5,540	3,328	5,126
Total revenues	180,332	194,380	200,975
Program costs	69,346	74,185	78,957
Grants	42,751	44,021	44,469
Administrative costs	22,892	21,492	22,513
Fundraising costs	55,695	52,410	56,013
Cash flow from operations	(10,352)	2,272	(977)
Funding reserves	136,908	150,684	150,502

Note: Ci reports Lotteries net of expenses, reducing revenues and expenses by $25.1m in F2015, $28.1m in F2014 and $27.3m in F2013. Ci has shifted allocated administrative expenses away from programs, research and advocacy spending to report administrative expenses separately, as per Note 21. Ci also removed amortization from administrative and fundraising expenses.

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