Fondation Mira is a 2-star charity with a below average results reporting grade. Its funding reserves are within Ci’s reasonable range and can cover almost two years and ten months of annual program costs. For every dollar donated to Fondation Mira, 70 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range.

Fondation Mira (Mira), founded in 1981, trains and provides guide and assistance dogs free of charge. It serves people with visual or motor disabilities and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Mira also conducts research to improve assistance dog programs and better understand their impacts. In F2025, Mira spent $5.4m on its programs. Its work is divided into two areas: Dogs and Research.

The Dogs program received $4.8m or 89% of program spending in F2025. The charity trains and provides four types of dogs: Guide Dogs, Mobility Service Dogs, Service Dogs for Children with ASD, and Institution Service Dogs. Mira provides about 100 dogs each year, and around 4,000 since its founding. Each dog-recipient pair also receives a yearly follow-up to ensure the dog continues to meet the recipient’s needs.

The Research program represented $571k or 11% of program costs in F2025. During the year, Mira worked on four research projects. These focused on the benefits of assistance dogs for children with ASD, their role in specialized courts for sexual and domestic violence cases, their effects on students' reading and writing skills, and ways to improve guide dog-recipient matching.

Note: 1. Deferred Contributions: Ci adjusted for deferred contributions in donations, affecting total revenues by $nil in F2025, $nil in F2024, and ($50k) in F2023. 2. Deferred Capital Contributions: Ci adjusted for deferred capital contributions in other revenue. This affected total revenues by ($25k) in F2025, ($34k) in F2024, and ($412k) in F2023. 3. Investment income: Ci included interest income and net changes in fair value of investments in investment income. This affected total revenues by $932k in F2025, $1.4m in F2024, and $807k in F2023. 4. Amortization: Ci included amortization of tangible and intangible assets in expenses. Amortization was $661k in F2025, $651k in F2024, and $548k in F2023. 5. Donated Goods Used in Programs: Ci removed the amount of donated goods received related to dog food from program costs and placed it in donated goods used in programs.