Little Warriors
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements available only through official request for information from Charities Directorate.
A
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.
88%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 88 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Little Warriors:
Little Warriors is a 2-star charity with a strong results reporting score and overhead costs within Ci's reasonable range. However, it is not financially transparent.
Founded in 2005, Little Warriors works to increase awareness, prevent, and treat the effects of child sexual abuse. The charity is based in Alberta but does not limit its services to Albertans. Little Warriors reports that one in three girls and one in six boys experience an unwanted sexual act. The charity runs two main programs: Therapeutic Treatment Programs and Prevent It!.
In F2022, Little Warriors allocated 98% of total program spending to Therapeutic Treatment Programs. This includes Be Brave Ranch, Online Be Brave Bridge programs, and Family Programs. Be Brave Ranch is a treatment centre for children who have been sexually abused. The treatment begins with a 26-day stay at the Ranch for children aged 8-12 and a 12-day stay for girls aged 13-17. Throughout the year, children return to the Ranch for three additional stays. Children and their families work to limit the lasting trauma resulting from abuse. In F2022, 120 children attended the program at Be Brave Ranch.
Little Warriors spent 2% of total program costs on its Prevent It! workshops in F2022. The Prevent It! workshop teaches adults how to prevent sexual assault and identify behaviour changes that indicate assault has occurred. Participants can attend a three-hour, in-person workshop or access a 90-minute online version. In F2022, 2,408 adults completed Prevent It! courses.
The data used above reflects Little Warriors’ most recent 2022 Annual Report, while the financial analysis below reflects F2021 financial information.
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Results and Impact
An article published in the Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2020 examined the results of Be Brave Ranch treatment. The study examined 27 adolescent females after one round of 12-day treatment at the Ranch. The research found that the treatment reduced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety by 20%, and improved participants’ quality of life and self-esteem by 20%.
In F2022, the charity reported that for every dollar invested in the Little Warriors Be Brave Ranch, $11 is saved in social services and healthcare costs.
While Charity Intelligence highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Little Warriors’ results and impact. This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
Little Warriors is not financially transparent. Its audited financial statements are not posted on its website nor provided when requested. Charity Intelligence's financial review uses the F2021 audited financial statements. This is the most recent information we have received from the Charities Directorate from our request for information. Charity Intelligence reports salary information from the charity’s F2022 T3010 filings with the CRA.
In F2021, Little Warriors received $3.8m in donations. Administrative costs are 9% of revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs are 3% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 12%. For every dollar donated, 88 cents go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
Little Warriors has reserve funds of $6.2m which could cover one year and eleven months of annual program costs.
Charity Intelligence sent an update of this report to Little Warriors for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 1, 2023 by Kiara Andrade.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending September
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2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
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Administrative costs as % of revenues | 8.6% | 6.7% | 8.4% |
Fundraising costs as % of donations | 3.3% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
Total overhead spending | 11.9% | 7.5% | 13.1% |
Program cost coverage (%) | 193.5% | 189.2% | 150.4% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
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Donations | 3,829,790 | 3,399,147 | 3,410,430 |
Fees for service | 64,998 | 24,622 | 39,756 |
Business activities (net) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Investment income | 17,859 | 35,023 | 41,242 |
Other income | 315,857 | 448,273 | 280,817 |
Total revenues | 4,228,504 | 3,907,065 | 3,772,245 |
Program costs | 3,215,314 | 2,823,275 | 3,009,432 |
Administrative costs | 411,935 | 268,450 | 313,610 |
Fundraising costs | 125,575 | 24,977 | 161,246 |
Total spending | 3,752,824 | 3,116,702 | 3,484,288 |
Cash flow from operations | 475,680 | 790,363 | 287,957 |
Capital spending | 27,377 | 84,181 | 81,369 |
Funding reserves | 6,221,243 | 5,342,731 | 4,525,118 |
Note: As the charity did not report on the source of its deferred revenues, Ci adjusted for deferred revenues in Other income, affecting revenues by $101k in F2021, $133k in F2020, and $171 in F2019. Ci reported program, administrative and fundraising costs from the charity's T3010 filings with the CRA. Ci removed amortization from program and administrative costs on a pro-rata basis.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
3 |
$80k - $120k |
4 |
$40k - $80k |
3 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022
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