2827 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, ON K1V 0C4
Executive Chairman: Brian Forbes
Board Chair: Stuart Vallières

Charitable Reg. #:13196 9628 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.

C+

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.

99%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 99 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About War Amps:

War Amps of Canada is a 2-star charity with a below-average results reporting score and Low demonstrated impact. It is financially transparent and has overhead costs outside Ci’s reasonable range.

Founded in 1918, War Amputations of Canada (War Amps) works to improve the quality of life for all Canadian amputees, including veterans and children. Headquartered in Ottawa, War Amps supports amputees by providing funding for artificial limbs, helping child amputees develop a positive outlook on life, developing resources for those living as an amputee, and advocating on behalf of amputees.

In F2022, the charity’s four largest programs included its Key Tag Service Division, CHAMP program, Adult Amputee program and Special Projects.

Key Tag Service Division made up 47% of program costs in F2022. Through the key tag service, all Canadians can register for coded tags to attach to their key rings. If someone later finds a lost key ring with a War Amps tag, they can place the keys in any Canadian mailbox and War Amps will return them to their owner. War Amps states that it helped return 6,403 keys in F2022 and more than 1.5 million keys since its founding.

Child Amputee (CHAMP) services made up 15% of program costs in F2022. Through the CHAMP program, War Amps provides comprehensive support to child amputees and their families. This includes funding to buy prosthetic limbs, educational sessions, parenting resources, and peer support programs. In F2022, the charity provided 88 bursaries and hosted 21 virtual sessions for amputees and their families.

The Adult Amputee program accounted for 10% of spending in F2022. Its goal is to help fund the purchase of artificial limbs for adult amputees, as well as provide them with informational resources. Special projects were 9% of program costs in F2022. In F2022, the charity funded 39 research projects to improve the care and support of amputees.

Service and Advocacy represented 8% of program spending in F2022. The remaining 11% of program costs included funding for veteran's issues, prosthetics research, widows' assistance, and resources for amputees.

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Results and Impact

In 2022, as a result of advocacy efforts, an amendment was made to the Veterans Health Care Regulations. This amendment ensures that veterans who need mental health support while waiting for their benefits applications to be adjudicated can now seek care without delay.

While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of War Amps’ results and impact. 

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

Impact Rating: Low

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Finances

The War Amputations of Canada is a Major 100 charity, one of Canada’s largest charities, with $46.5m in donations in F2022. This includes $36.7m in tax-receipted key tag revenue, representing 80% of total revenues. 

Administrative costs are less than 1% of revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs are 1% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 1%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 99 cents go to the cause. This falls outside Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.

In F2021, the most recent year that full overhead costs could be obtained from CRA filings, administrative costs were 6% of revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs were 1% of donations. This resulted in total overhead spending of 7%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 93 cents went to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.

War Amps has reserve funds of $77.1m, of which $202k is donor endowed. Excluding donor-endowed funds, the charity could cover two years and two months of annual program costs with its existing reserves.

In the most recent T3010 filings with the CRA, the charity only reported the top eight staff salaries.

This charity report is an update that has been sent to War Amps for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on August 10, 2023 by Kiara Andrade.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending December
202220212020
Administrative costs as % of revenues 0.4%5.6%6.8%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 0.9%1.2%1.4%
Total overhead spending 1.3%6.8%8.2%
Program cost coverage (%) 220.4%246.8%187.9%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202220212020
Donations 46,47849,03342,210
Government funding 001,191
Investment income (461)(136)701
Total revenues 46,01748,89744,102
Program costs 34,87627,90328,026
Administrative costs 1902,7362,970
Fundraising costs 419587580
Total spending 35,48531,22731,577
Cash flow from operations 10,53217,67012,525
Capital spending 165119446
Funding reserves 77,06469,02952,792

Note: Ci included endowment contributions in donations, affecting total revenues by $30k in F2022, $15k in F2021, and nil in F2020. Ci reported program, administrative, and fundraising costs from the charity’s available CRA filings. Ci removed amortization on a pro-rata basis from program, administrative, and fundraising costs. War Amps’ F2022 filing was not available at the time of this report, meaning overhead spending is likely understated for F2022.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 198

Avg. compensation: $52,212

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
1
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
3
$120k - $160k
4
$80k - $120k
0
$40k - $80k
0
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2021

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Comments & Contact

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Charity Contact

Website: www.waramps.ca
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