Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief
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.
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.
64%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 64 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief:
Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief is a 2-star charity. It is financially transparent, but has a below-average results reporting grade of B- and has low demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Founded in 1984, Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) works with health professionals and governments in Sub-Saharan Africa to build healthy communities. Headquartered in Toronto, CPAR has field offices and runs programs in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania. Through its core programs, CPAR supports the World Health Organization’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Core program areas include Health Systems Strengthening; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); Food Security and Nutrition; and Livelihoods. CPAR does not provide a breakdown of spending for these program areas.
Ethiopia – 45% of program spending ($664k). Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief states that Ethiopia has double the global average maternal mortality rate (412 deaths per every 100k births). Additionally, disease accounts for 74% of all deaths in the country (in terms of premature death), which is the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa. As such, a focus of CPAR's work in Ethiopia is strengthening healthcare systems. In 2021, it began a pilot project to bring ultrasounds to pregnant women in remote areas. In F2022, It trained 14 midwives and health workers on how to administer ultrasounds. 2,198 women used the service.
Canada – 36% of program spending ($526k). In Canada, CPAR runs roundtables and helps educate the public about international development issues.
Malawi – 19% of program spending ($282k). CPAR reports that in Malawi, 1.7 million people do not have access to safe drinking water and 10 million do not maintain adequate sanitation practices. More than 30% of primary schools do not have access to safe drinking water, and only 4% have hand-washing facilities. Through its Green Schools Project, CPAR addresses these issues by educating teachers and students in permaculture, conservation agriculture, environmental conservation, and hygiene. In F2022, CPAR helped give 4,396 students at four schools access to latrines. It also helped 11 schools establish productive gardens.
CPAR also spent less than 1% of program costs on its work in Tanzania.
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Results and Impact
Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief funds sexual and reproductive health education for girls in remote areas of Ethiopia. CPAR reports that this education helped improve each group’s knowledge on the topic of sexual and reproductive health by 11%.
CPAR reports that in F2021 there was a 30% reduction in obstetrical complications in its project area where it introduced prenatal care to women in rural areas.
CPAR runs a program, Stop Malaria in its Tracks!, in Malawi with the goal of informing people of malaria prevention and treatment methods, and improving local health services accountability and oversight regarding the spread of malaria. CPAR reports that it held 1,310 awareness/educational events that reached over 180,000 people as part of Stop Malaria in its Tracks! in F2020.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief’s results and impact.
Charity Intelligence has given Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief a Low impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Low
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Finances
Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief received $1.0m in donations in F2022. It also received $763k in government funding, representing 59% of total revenues during the year. Administrative costs are 18% of donations and administrative costs are 18% of revenues (less investment income). Total overhead spending is 36%. For each dollar donated, 64 cents go to the cause. This is outside of Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
Reserve funds of $2.0m can cover program costs for one year and four months at the F2022 level.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 8, 2023 by Emily Downing.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
|
2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 17.9% | 9.7% | 11.3% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 18.4% | 9.5% | 36.6% |
| Total overhead spending | 36.3% | 19.2% | 47.8% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 135.8% | 212.3% | 186.7% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 1,007,438 | 1,347,019 | 783,669 |
| International donations | 0 | 0 | 304,359 |
| Government funding | 763,048 | 287,022 | 75,899 |
| Investment income | 19,342 | 9,334 | 22,037 |
| Other income | (501,550) | 864,183 | 815,462 |
| Total revenues | 1,288,278 | 2,507,558 | 2,001,426 |
| Program costs - International | 953,383 | 940,073 | 530,023 |
| Program costs - Canada | 525,923 | 319,195 | 359,205 |
| Administrative costs | 226,675 | 243,331 | 222,868 |
| Fundraising costs | 185,695 | 127,988 | 286,696 |
| Other costs | 0 | 0 | 357,063 |
| Total spending | 1,891,676 | 1,630,587 | 1,755,855 |
| Cash flow from operations | (603,398) | 876,971 | 245,571 |
| Capital spending | 36,649 | 32,983 | 3,017 |
| Funding reserves | 2,009,078 | 2,673,900 | 1,660,041 |
Note: Ci backed out government funding from Canadian donations as reported on the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA. Ci also backed out international donations according to the amount reported on the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA. These adjustments affected Canadian donations by ($763k) in F2022, ($287k) in F2021, and ($380k) in F2020. Ci adjusted for changes in deferred revenues. As the charity does not disclose what amount was deferred Canadian donations, government funding, or other funding, Ci adjusted for the entire amount in other income, affecting total revenues by ($529k) in F2022, $835k in F2021, and $772k in F2020. The line item "transitional costs related to reorganization and relocation" reported below total expenses was included in other costs, increasing total expenses by $357k in F2020.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
0 |
$40k - $80k |
0 |
< $40k |
10 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
This comment was provided by CPAR in response to a prior profile update, and thus, may be outdated.
New About CPAR:
Founded in 1984 in response to the famine in Ethiopia, Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) is a non-profit organization working in partnership with health professionals, vulnerable communities, governments and diverse organizations to build healthy communities in Africa.
Through our programming, CPAR supports the achievement of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development through programming that:
Charity Contact
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