Jays Care Foundation
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
A
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
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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.
70%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 70 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Jays Care Foundation:
Jays Care Foundation is a 4-star charity that is financially transparent. It has an above average results reporting grade and its overhead spending is within Ci’s reasonable range.
Founded in 1992, Jays Care Foundation (Jays Care) runs programs and distributes grants to increase young people's access to sport. Jays Care is the charitable arm of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. The charity states that less than 30% of children and youth met the recommended amount of physical activity per day. It also states that 40% of parents report adverse effects in their children from reduced participation in sport and play due to the pandemic. Charity Intelligence calculates Jays Care spent $13.9m on its programs and grants in F2023.
A Charity Intelligence 2023 Top 100 Rated Charity
Challenger Baseball, Girls at Bat and additional Jays Care programs received 46% of program spending. Jays Care states that young people with disabilities tend to engage in lower levels of physical activity compared to their peers. Challenger Baseball is a free program run for kids with physical and/or cognitive disabilities. Across 211 program sites, 9,811 young people with disabilities participated in Challenger Baseball programming in F2023. Jays Care reports that one in three girls report feeling unwelcome as a factor preventing them from continuing in sport. Girls at Bat is an introductory level baseball program for those identifying as a girl. Across 289 sites, 8,519 girls participated in Girls at Bat programming in F2023.
RBI, LIT and Indigenous Rookie League received 22% of program spending. The Indigenous Rookie League encourages young people in Indigenous communities to take part in sport. 3,890 Indigenous young people participated in Indigenous Rookie League programming in F2023. RBI works with local schools to remove barriers to baseball participation. 12,924 young people participated in RBI programming in F2023.
Community support programs received 14% of program spending. Jays Care offers a wide range of wrap around supports to those in Jays Care programs. In F2023 Jays Care distributed 165,000 books. The charity served 240 meals to 16 Challenger Baseball families. It also granted $340k to 40 Indigenous communities across Canada.
Field of Dreams received 13% of program spending. Jays Care grants money to build safe and accessible places for sport. The charity invested $1.5m to fund 15 new projects in F2023.
The remaining 5% of program spending was allocated to Partner Grants (4%) and the Jays Care Community Clubhouse (1%).
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Results and Impact
97% of educators reported that Jays Care school programs increased students’ confidence to be physically active.
96% of educators reported that Jays Care school programs increased students’ positive connections with peers.
90% of Indigenous Rookie League coordinators reported the league enhances participants' connection to their community and culture.
RBI summer edition is a free six-week summer camp program for children in summer school. 94% of parents reported that RBI summer edition positively affected their child’s summer school experience.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Jays Care Foundations results and impact.
The charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
In F2023 Jays Care Foundation received $9.4m in donations and special events fundraising. Administrative costs are 3% of revenues (excluding investment income). Fundraising costs are 27% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 30%. For every dollar donated, 70 cents are available to go to the cause. This falls within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
In F2023 Jays Care spent $13.9m on its programs and grants, which is 58% of its revenue. In F2023 it had a surplus of $7.0m.
Jays Care Foundation has $26.1m in reserve funds. This can cover 188%, or one year and ten months of its annual program spending.
In F2021 lottery revenue was $5.0m (43% of revenue). In F2023 lottery revenue was $13.7m (57% of revenue).
This charity report is an update that has been sent for review to Jays Care Foundation. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 1, 2024, by Grady Simpson.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending November
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2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.5% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 26.6% | 22.0% | 14.9% |
| Total overhead spending | 29.9% | 25.2% | 18.4% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 187.7% | 187.1% | 238.5% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 4,948 | 4,576 | 4,404 |
| Government funding | 135 | 129 | 237 |
| Lotteries (net) | 13,732 | 8,372 | 5,029 |
| Special events | 4,458 | 3,933 | 1,884 |
| Investment income | 960 | (762) | 209 |
| Total revenues | 24,232 | 16,248 | 11,763 |
| Program costs | 11,618 | 7,836 | 5,087 |
| Grants | 2,313 | 1,835 | 1,749 |
| Administrative costs | 769 | 536 | 401 |
| Fundraising costs | 2,501 | 1,874 | 939 |
| Total spending | 17,201 | 12,081 | 8,177 |
| Cash flow from operations | 7,032 | 4,167 | 3,586 |
| Capital spending | 31 | 99 | 0 |
| Funding reserves | 26,143 | 18,097 | 16,306 |
Note: DEFERRED ADJUSTMENT: Jays Care uses deferred accounting. To show donors information on a consistent basis, Ci adjusted for these deferred revenues. This affected revenues by ($153k) in F2023, $53k in F2022, and $45k in F2021. CHANGE IN DONATIONS RECEIVABLE: Ci adjusted for change in donations receivable. This affected revenues by $236k in F2023, ($275k) in F2022, and ($60k) in F2021. CHANGE IN GRANT EXPENDITURES: Ci adjusted for change in accrued grant expenditures. This affected expenses by ($6k) in F2023, $32k in F2022, and $547k in F2021. LOTTERIES: Ci reported 50/50 draws net of expenses. This decreased revenues and expenses by $2.7m in F2023, $1.6m in F2022, and $997k in F2021. GOVERNMENT REVENUES: Ci removed government revenues from donations as reported in the charity’s T3010 filing. Ci recorded these government revenues under government funding. UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES: Ci reported unrealized gains and losses in revenue, affecting revenue and expenses by ($1.1m) in F2022. ENDOWMENT: Jays Care received an endowment gift of $20k in F2023 and F2022.
Salary Information
$350k + |
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$300k - $350k |
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$250k - $300k |
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$200k - $250k |
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$160k - $200k |
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$120k - $160k |
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$80k - $120k |
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$40k - $80k |
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< $40k |
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Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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