Humanitarian Coalition

39 McArthur Ave.
Ottawa, ON K1L 8L7
Executive Director: Richard Morgan
Board Co-Chair: Barbara Grantham

Charitable Reg. #:83159 0666 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 5/5]

✔+

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.

Average

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.

84%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 84 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Humanitarian Coalition:

Humanitarian Coalition is a 5-star rated charity with an above-average results reporting score. It is financially transparent and has overhead costs within Ci's reasonable range.

Founded in 2005, Humanitarian Coalition is a partnership between some of Canada’s largest international aid charities with a focus on disaster response. Its members are Action Against Hunger, Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Canadian Lutheran World Relief, Care Canada, Doctors of the World, Humanity & Inclusion, Islamic Relief Canada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Quebec, Plan International Canada, Save the Children Canada, and World Vision Canada. It also partners with Global Affairs Canada.

A Charity Intelligence 2024 Top 100 Rated Charity.

Humanitarian Coalition focuses its efforts on disaster relief and ongoing crisis response. It works to coordinate the responses of its member charities to improve disaster response times. It also works to coordinate fundraising.

Humanitarian Coalition runs three main groups of programs: Current Crises, Smaller Disasters, and Major Emergencies.

Its Major Emergencies programs was the largest in F2023, receiving $32.1 million in program spending. It accounted for 77% of Humanitarian Coalition's overall program spending. The programs aim to respond to large ongoing emergencies. Humanitarian Coalition currently has Major Emergency programs responding to the civil war in East Africa, the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, and the war in Ukraine. In F2023, the charity distributed 800 water jerry cans and 200 hygiene kits to people in East Africa. It distributed medicine to 11 primary healthcare facilities in Türkiye and Syria. It distributed monthly food baskets to 1,600 households in F2023. Overall, Humanitarian Coalition reached 1,965,897 people in Türkiye and Syria, and 234,071 people in East Africa.

Its Smaller Disasters programs received $9.5 million in F2023, accounting for 23% of program spending. The Smaller Disasters programs aim to rapidly respond to disasters around the world that aren’t large enough to get much media attention. The charity prioritizes rapid responses. In F2023, it responded to disasters such as the super typhoon Doksuri in the Philippines, where it assisted 23,070 people. Overall, it assisted 602k people with its smaller disaster programs.

Its Current Crises programs received 216K in funding, accounting for less than 1% of program spending in F2023. The programs are currently active in Gaza, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. It also is working to address the worldwide hunger crisis. In F2023, the Humanitarian Coalition helped 124,720 people in Ukraine. It has provided assistance to 797,798 people in Gaza.

 

 

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Results and Impact

In F2023, the food baskets distributed in Türkiye and Syria reduced the percentage of households with poor food consumption from 71% to 22%, and the number of households with an acceptable food consumption score improved from 10% to 48%.

While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Humanitarian Coalition’s results and impact.

Charity Intelligence has given Humanitarian Coalition an Average impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.

Impact Rating: Average

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Finances

Humanitarian Coalition received $5.3m in donations in F2023. It received $37.9m in government funding from Global Affairs Canada, representing 95% of total revenues. Administrative costs are 1% of revenues, and fundraising costs are 15% of donations, for a total overhead spending of 16%. For every dollar raised, 84 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.

Humanitarian Coalition has $7.7m of reserve funds, which is enough to cover just over two months of program costs.

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

Updated July 17, 2024 by Ben Dobozy

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending December
202320222021
Administrative costs as % of revenues 1.3%1.7%3.2%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 14.6%17.3%23.3%
Total overhead spending 15.9%18.9%26.5%
Program cost coverage (%) 18.3%40.2%104.2%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202320222021
Donations 5,2635,4032,513
Government funding 37,88515,7923,954
Other income (3,206)2,1033,088
Total revenues 39,94123,2989,555
Program costs 167104230
Grants 41,75319,9456,004
Administrative costs 525384310
Fundraising costs 769933586
Total spending 43,21521,3667,130
Cash flow from operations (3,274)1,9322,425
Capital spending 000
Funding reserves 7,6638,0556,494

Note: The charity reported deferred contributions of ($3.2m) in F2023, $2.1m in F2022, and $3.1m in F2021. Ci could not break out government vs. non-government deferred contributions and therefore adjusted for them in Other income. Ci reported program, grant, administrative, and fundraising costs from the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 8

Avg. compensation: $82,884

Top 10 staff salary range:

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

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023

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Comments & Contact

Comments added by the Charity:

Our donors in Canada are integral to the humanitarian work we do in dozens of countries each year. In some of the most challenging contexts – conflict zones, neighbourhoods destroyed by earthquakes or floods, communities left hungry and parched by drought – Canadians step up to share their resources through the Humanitarian Coalition. Our 12 member organizations operate in 140 countries worldwide. This enables partners and local leaders on the ground to deliver effectively and efficiently the life-saving food, water, hygiene kits, shelter, medical care and protection their communities need in times of crisis.

 

By working together, our member organizations strive to maximize our humanitarian impact and enable Canadians to give easily and with confidence. And thanks to our partnership with the Government of Canada, our donors can stretch their giving even further. In 2023, we reached close to 2 million people with humanitarian assistance.

 

You can find out more at www.humanitariancoalition.ca, or call 1-855-461-2154 or email us at info@humanitariancoalition.ca. We’d love to hear from you.

 

Thank you for taking the time to learn about the Humanitarian Coalition. Together, we are saving more lives.

Charity Contact

Website: www.humanitariancoalition.ca
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Charitable Registration Number: 80340 7956 RR0001