Canadian Council of the Blind
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Most recent Audited financial statements 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.
n/r
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.
40%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 40 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Canadian Council of the Blind:
Canadian Council of the Blind is a 2-star charity. It is financially transparent, has a low results reporting grade, and overhead spending outside Ci's reasonable range. With current reserves the charity can cover one year of annual program costs.
Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) was founded in 1944 by blind Canadian war veterans and schools of the blind. CCB works to improve the lives of people who are blind, deaf-blind, or have poor vision. The charity reports that 50,000 Canadians lose their vision each year and 75% of cases are treatable or preventable. CCB estimates that vision loss cost Canadians $32.9 billion in 2019. CCB’s national office in Ottawa works with 80 local chapters. Among other programs, CCB focuses on eye-care, technology support, health and fitness, education, advocacy, and accessibility.
Canadian Council of the Blind runs a Mobile Eye Clinics program that performs eye exams at schools, youth centres, and seniors’ homes. CCB reports almost 30% of children tested have undetected vision issues and 56% of seniors examined have one or more vision diseases or conditions.
CCB’s Get Together With Technology program provides technology training for people who are visually impaired. The program offers one-on-one support and monthly user group meetings.
CCB’s Health and Fitness program aims to educate and empower people who are blind or visually impaired to live an active and healthy lifestyle. CCB also advocates for accessibility and best practice eye-care services.
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Results and Impact
Canadian Council of the Blind reports that it strongly advocated for the Canadian federal government to develop a national vision health plan. In 2022, Bill C-284 was introduced in the House of Commons and has been approved.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Canadian Council of the Blind’s results and impact. This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
Canadian Council of the Blind has donations of $3.1m in F2023.
Administrative costs are 13% of revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs are 47% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 60%. For every dollar donated, 40 cents are available for programs. This is outside of Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. Canadian Council of the Blind has been outside of this range since its first analysis in 2013.
In F2023, CCB spent $1.2m on its programs, which is 38% of total revenues. The charity had $87k in surplus.
Canadian Council of the Blind has $1.3m in reserve funds. These are the charity’s cash and investments. The charity could cover 104% or around a year of annual program costs with current reserves.
In F2023 Canadian Council of the Blind paid external fundraisers $1.5m to collect $2.6m in donations. Meaning it costs Canadian Council of the Blind $0.55 to raise $1 using external fundraisers.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Canadian Council of the Blind for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 2, 2024 by Alessandra Castino.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
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2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 12.9% | 12.5% | 11.8% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 47.3% | 49.6% | 47.8% |
| Total overhead spending | 60.2% | 62.1% | 59.7% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 104.3% | 116.5% | 87.9% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 3,081,759 | 3,064,059 | 3,012,247 |
| Government funding | 9,683 | 8,407 | 25,000 |
| Fees for service | 12,695 | 9,035 | 15,395 |
| Business activities (net) | 17,451 | 16,822 | 3,076 |
| Investment income | 38,569 | 6,987 | 719 |
| Total revenues | 3,160,157 | 3,105,310 | 3,056,437 |
| Program costs | 1,212,706 | 1,019,036 | 1,091,776 |
| Administrative costs | 403,036 | 387,504 | 361,619 |
| Fundraising costs | 1,456,948 | 1,520,802 | 1,440,835 |
| Total spending | 3,072,690 | 2,927,342 | 2,894,230 |
| Cash flow from operations | 87,467 | 177,968 | 162,207 |
| Capital spending | 5,039 | 9,008 | 9,495 |
| Funding reserves | 1,265,274 | 1,186,747 | 959,222 |
Note: AMORTIZATION OF DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci did not recognize amortization of deferred capital contributions, affecting revenues by $1k in F2023, $1k in F2022, and $28k in F2021. RENTAL INCOME: Ci reported rental income gross of direct expenses in business activities. Canadian Council of the Blind does not report fundraising costs. GOVERNMENT FUNDING: Ci reported government funding from the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA and removed the amounts from donations.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
0 |
$40k - $80k |
8 |
< $40k |
1 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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