ShelterBox Canada
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.
Good
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.
77%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 77 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About ShelterBox Canada:
ShelterBox Canada is a 5-star charity. It is financially transparent and has reasonable overhead costs. The charity has a Good demonstrated impact rating. With its current reserve funds the charity can cover six months of annual program costs.
Beginning as a Rotary Club project in 2000 and then registered under the global ShelterBox network in 2010, ShelterBox Canada (SBC) provides emergency shelter and support to those in need around the world. It distributes aid by working with local partners and deploying teams to disaster areas. It also has a permanent team in the Philippines.
ShelterBox responds to disasters by first understanding the specific needs of those affected by the emergency. Based on this analysis, it sends ShelterBoxes and ShelterKits to vulnerable people. ShelterBoxes can include solar lights, water storage and purification equipment, thermal blankets, and cooking utensils. ShelterKits can include toolkits, ropes, and tarpaulins to make emergency shelters, repair buildings, or create new homes. Both ShelterBoxes and ShelterKits are adapted for every disaster or region to best fit the community’s needs.
In F2023, ShelterBox Canada provided shelter and other emergency aid to 414,850 people in 11 countries. In F2023, the charity responded to emergencies in the Philippines, Somalia, Türkiye, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Mozambique.
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Results and Impact
SBC reports that through its program, 15,000 lives were changed by Canadian donors in F2023. ShelterBox also conducts surveys to assess the impact of its shelter provision. In F2023, ShelterBox helped families in Türkiye following the earthquakes. 79% of families said their living conditions improved because of the support they received from ShelterBox. The charity also provided help for individuals affected by the Ukrainian war. 100% of people said that the thermal blankets provided by ShelterBox kept them warm and comfortable.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of ShelterBox’s results and impact.
Charity Intelligence has given ShelterBox Canada a Good impact rating for demonstrated social impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Good
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Finances
ShelterBox Canada received $1.5m in donations in F2023, representing 99% of total revenues.
Administrative costs are 11% of revenues and fundraising costs are 12% of donations. This means total overhead spending is 23%. For each dollar donated, 77 cents are available for the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. In F2023, SBC spent $1.2m on its programs (76% of total revenues).
ShelterBox Canada has reserve funds of $543k that can cover program costs for six months.
In F2023 SBC paid external fundraisers $5k. These external fundraisers raised $12k in donations. This means it costs SBC $0.41 to raise $1 using external fundraisers.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to ShelterBox Canada for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 21, 2024 by Alessandra Castino.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending June
|
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 11.1% | 9.7% | 21.8% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 11.9% | 9.6% | 28.4% |
| Total overhead spending | 23.0% | 19.3% | 50.1% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 47.2% | 35.7% | 139.8% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 1,499,140 | 1,834,761 | 634,219 |
| Government funding | 0 | 13,309 | 126,557 |
| Investment income | 8,093 | 890 | 871 |
| Total revenues | 1,507,233 | 1,848,960 | 761,647 |
| Program costs - International | 1,150,863 | 1,480,951 | 370,487 |
| Administrative costs | 165,838 | 179,444 | 165,449 |
| Fundraising costs | 178,857 | 176,305 | 180,117 |
| Total spending | 1,495,558 | 1,836,700 | 716,053 |
| Cash flow from operations | 11,675 | 12,260 | 45,594 |
| Capital spending | 0 | 7,646 | 592 |
| Funding reserves | 543,097 | 528,017 | 517,854 |
Note: ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING: Ci used ShelterBox Canada's T3010 filing for its administrative and fundraising costs as its audited financial statements do not report all costs associated with fundraising. INTERNATIONAL FUNDING: Ci increased international program costs by $nil in F2023, $2k in F2022, and $209 in F2021 to reconcile the difference in reported expenses on the T3010 and audited financial statements. AMORTIZATION: Ci backed out amortization from administrative costs.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
1 |
$40k - $80k |
3 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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