SEVA Canada Society
Vancouver, BC V6J 2G2
Executive Director: Penny Lyons
Board Chair: Laura Spencer
Website: www.seva.ca
Charitable Reg. #: 13072 4941 RR0001
Charity Rating
Donor Accountability
Grade: A-
The grade is based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.Financial Transparency
Need for Funding
Spending Breakdown
Full-time staff #6
Avg. Compensation $66,660
Top 10 Staff Salary Range
| $350k + | 0 |
| $300k - $350k | 0 |
| $250k - $300k | 0 |
| $200k - $250k | 0 |
| $160k - $200k | 0 |
| $120k - $160k | 0 |
| $80k - $120k | 1 |
| $40k - $80k | 4 |
| < $40k | 1 |
About SEVA Canada Society:
Founded in 1982, Seva Canada Society (Seva) is a Vancouver-based charity that provides eye care for people in developing countries. Seva’s mission is to restore the eyesight of blind people and to prevent blindness for those in need - women, children and people living in extreme poverty and isolation. It states that blindness and visual impairment are largely solvable problems as doctors can prevent or cure 80% of blindness cases. Two-thirds of the world's blind are women. The World Bank has called treating blindness one of the most cost-effective health interventions.
In F2016, Seva Canada Society spent $1.6m on eye surgeries, treatments and prevention campaigns in 13 countries. It operated in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Congo-Brazzaville, Benin, Burundi, Madagascar, India, Egypt, Guatemala, Cambodia, Tibetan Areas of China and Nepal.
Seva Canada Society reports that one cataract surgery costs only $50. It paid for 50,167 eye surgeries and provided eye care services to 1,056,470 people in F2016. Seva works with local partners to improve eye care services and develop sustainable eye care programs. Seva Canada Society partners with existing women’s microfinance groups to train women to find people needing eye care in remote villages, deliver eye care messages, and influence health-seeking behaviour. Seva reports that it has restored the sight of nearly 4 million people to date through surgeries and has provided eye care services to millions more.
Financial Review:
Seva Canada Society is a medium sized charity with donations and special events revenues of $1.7m in F2016. Administrative costs were 7% of total revenues and fundraising costs were 13% of donations. For every dollar donated, 80 cents go towards Seva’s programs, falling within Ci’s reasonable range. Seva had total funding reserves of $397k in F2016. This results in a program cost coverage ratio of 25%, meaning that the charity’s reserves can cover annual program costs for 3 months, indicating a need for funding.
This charity report is an update that is being reviewed by Seva Canada. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated June 26, 2017 by Kevin Silberberg.
Financial RatiosFiscal year ending June |
2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 7.5% | 8.9% | 6.2% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 12.5% | 15.8% | 12.8% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 24.8% | 45.6% | 48.1% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 1,688,988 | 1,227,221 | 1,501,865 |
| Goods in kind | 1,243 | 1,171 | 28,039 |
| Government funding | 191,358 | 197,910 | 228,129 |
| Special events | 45,025 | 39,290 | 10,912 |
| Investment income | 11,490 | 7,253 | 3,500 |
| Total revenues | 1,938,104 | 1,472,845 | 1,772,445 |
| Program costs | 1,603,522 | 1,153,608 | 1,250,819 |
| Administrative costs | 144,230 | 129,878 | 110,383 |
| Fundraising costs | 216,057 | 199,952 | 194,312 |
| Cash flow from operations | (25,705) | (10,593) | 216,931 |
| Funding reserves | 397,016 | 525,979 | 602,110 |
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