International Development and Relief Foundation
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.
B
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
Good
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.
86%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 86 cents are available for programs.
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Programs
About International Development and Relief Foundation:
Founded in 1988, International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) works to help disadvantaged people around the world. IDRF has humanitarian aid and development programs based on Islamic principles of human dignity, self-reliance, and social justice. In F2018, IDRF reported helping over 500,000 people through its seven main programs – Emergency Relief; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH); Education; Food Security; Economic Development; Health; and Religious Giving.
In F2018, International Development and Relief Foundation’s Emergency Relief program ran 7 projects that helped over 53,750 people in Palestine, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Somalia, India and Indonesia. These projects included emergency shelters, flood responses, and tsunami responses.
In F2018, International Development and Relief Foundation’s Water, Sanitation & Hygiene program ran 4 projects that helped over 124,600 people in Pakistan, Palestine, and Somalia. The program helps people access safe drinking water and clean washrooms. WASH also educates people on the role hygiene plays in breaking the poverty cycle.
In F2018, International Development and Relief Foundation’s Education program ran 8 projects that helped over 12,090 people in Pakistan, India, Palestine, and Canada. This program works to help both primary students and teachers, with extra support for girls and deaf students.
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Results and Impact
Charity Intelligence has given International Development and Relief a Good impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Good

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Finances
International Development and Relief Foundation is a large charity, with total donations of $5.4m in F2018. Administrative costs are 4% of revenues and fundraising costs are 10% of donations. For every dollar donated, 86 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. Funding reserves of $2m can cover 5 months of annual program costs.
This charity report is an update that is currently being reviewed by International Development and Relief Foundation. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on May 27, 2019 by Lauren Chin.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending June
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2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
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Administrative costs as % of revenues | 3.8% | 3.0% | 2.7% |
Fundraising costs as % of donations | 10.0% | 11.0% | 8.5% |
Total overhead spending | 13.8% | 14.0% | 11.2% |
Program cost coverage (%) | 44.5% | 86.9% | 80.4% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
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Donations | 5,399 | 4,786 | 5,110 |
Investment income | 43 | 29 | 32 |
Total revenues | 5,442 | 4,816 | 5,142 |
Program costs - International | 3,334 | 1,930 | 2,687 |
Program costs - Canada | 1,109 | 1,548 | 1,072 |
Administrative costs | 204 | 143 | 136 |
Fundraising costs | 542 | 526 | 434 |
Other costs | 4 | 15 | 0 |
Total spending | 5,193 | 4,163 | 4,329 |
Cash flow from operations | 249 | 653 | 813 |
Capital spending | 0 | 44 | 0 |
Funding reserves | 1,977 | 3,023 | 3,023 |
Note: Ci used IDRF’s T3010 Schedule 2 filing (Activities outside Canada) to move $3.3m in F2018, $1.9m in F2017 and $2.7m in F2016 from Canadian program costs to International program costs. Ci noted that total program spending in IDRF’s F2016 T3010 filing did not reconcile with total program spending in its F2016 audited financial statements.
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 F2018
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