Canadian Feed The Children
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.
High
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 Canadian Feed The Children:
Canadian Feed the Children is a 5-star charity. It is financially transparent and has reasonable overhead costs. It also has an average results reporting grade of B. Charity Intelligence has given it a rating of High for its demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Founded in 1986, Canadian Feed the Children (CFTC) is an international aid charity focused on fighting poverty, with a particular focus on reducing hunger and creating sustainable development. CFTC runs programs in Canada, Bolivia, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Uganda.
A Charity Intelligence 2024 Top 100 Rated Charity.
Canadian Feed the Children is categorized as an international development charity; however, it has historically spent more money on domestic programming ($3.1m domestically versus $2.7m internationally in F2023).
CFTC runs four main groups of programs: Food & Income, Women & girls, Nutrition, and Food Systems. CFTC did not provide a breakdown of its program spending.
CFTC’s Food & Income programs focus on providing agricultural training and support. It prioritizes climate change adaptation training. The charity states that farmers in West Africa have already lost up to 20% of their millet and sorghum crops due to climate change. In F2023, 4,539 people were trained in climate-smart agriculture. A further 1,940 people participated in traditional practices & land-based education. CFTC runs Food & Income programs both domestically and internationally.
CFTC’s Women & Girls programs prioritize economically uplifting women and girls. The charity states that of the 6,077 members of the 195 savings groups it ran in F2023, 76% were women. It provided business skills training to 969 people, 95% of which were women. It trained 3,494 people on gender equality.
CFTC’s Nutrition programs aim to provide nutritious food to children in schools. The charity claims that long-term food insecurity can stunt growth, increase vulnerability to disease, and cause physical, social, and cognitive deficits. In F2023, CFTC ran programs in 92 ECCE (Early Childhood Education and Care) centres and primary schools. It provided 3,453 students with school supplies. Overall, it supported 41,241 students with its nutrition programs.
CFTC’s Food Systems programs primarily work to increase food security in Indigenous communities. The charity distributes food to people and encourages traditional food gathering and nutritional practices. In F2023, CFTC provided 3,213,457 meals and snacks to 15,496 children through school food programs. It also provided 11,738 food hampers to 1,088 households. It also trained 4,091 people on nutrition, cooking, and food use.
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Results and Impact
CFTC reports that 1,089 people in Ghana (70% women) who participated in its programs have improved the quality of food they are feeding children. The charity reports that close to 5,000 children in Bolivia have been provided with safe spaces. It reports that over 4,800 children in Bolivia have been provided with safe spaces.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Canadian Feed the Children’s results and impact.
Charity Intelligence gave Canadian Feed the Children an impact rating of High for demonstrated social impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: High
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Finances
In F2023, Canadian Feed the Children received $9.5m in donations. Administrative costs are 12% of revenue and fundraising costs are 17% of donations for a total overhead spending of 30%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 70 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
The charity has $5.3m in reserve funds, which can cover program costs at the F2023 level for almost ten months.
According to CFTC’s F2023 T3010 filing with the CRA, it spent $65k on external fundraisers who raised $157k, for a total cost of 41 cents to raise a dollar.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Canadian Feed the Children for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated July 19, 2024 by Ben Dobozy
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
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2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
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Administrative costs as % of revenues | 12.3% | 11.5% | 9.7% |
Fundraising costs as % of donations | 17.3% | 17.7% | 17.3% |
Total overhead spending | 29.5% | 29.2% | 27.0% |
Program cost coverage (%) | 81.0% | 71.5% | 113.8% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
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Donations | 8,035 | 7,500 | 8,782 |
Government funding | 1,435 | 500 | 0 |
Investment income | 205 | (1) | 105 |
Other income | 30 | 40 | 84 |
Total revenues | 9,705 | 8,038 | 8,971 |
Program costs - International | 2,701 | 2,045 | 1,463 |
Program costs - Canada | 3,087 | 3,732 | 2,604 |
Grants | 700 | 696 | 783 |
Administrative costs | 1,167 | 924 | 860 |
Fundraising costs | 1,387 | 1,327 | 1,515 |
Total spending | 9,041 | 8,723 | 7,226 |
Cash flow from operations | 664 | (685) | 1,745 |
Capital spending | 82 | 20 | 37 |
Funding reserves | 5,255 | 4,625 | 5,523 |
Note: Canadian Feed the Children's audited financial statements do not disclose government funding separately from donations. Therefore, Charity Intelligence used the government funding from Canadian Feed the Children's T3010 filing with the CRA and backed out the amounts from Canadian donations. Similarly, Ci reports international program spending and gifts to qualified donees from the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA and backed out the amounts of Canadian program spending. Ci adjusted for changes in deferred revenues, affecting total revenue by $478k in F2023, ($754k) in F2022, $1.1m in F2021. Ci removed amortization from program, administrative, and fundraising costs according to Note 5 of the financial statements.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
1 |
$160k - $200k |
1 |
$120k - $160k |
4 |
$80k - $120k |
4 |
$40k - $80k |
0 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
Updated on August 19, 2024:
Canadian Feed The Children (CFTC) works alongside communities in Bolivia, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Ghana, and with Indigenous partners in Canada to address the systemic barriers to food security. Our core belief is that food and nourishment is a human right, and food is life. We stand in solidarity with communities, supporting them to build local, self-reliant, and sustainable systems that provide food for children, youth, and families across generations.
At the core of our approach are people. We build partnerships to strengthen local capacity through knowledge sharing, mobilizing resources, and nurturing new ideas and solutions. We work to impact all areas of nourishment including supporting climate-adaptive agriculture and livelihoods, promoting gender equality, advancing women’s economic justice, and improving access to education.
We are learning from and growing with communities, to shift power and deepen our commitment to understanding their truth and supporting their healing, so communities may reclaim their leadership, and decision-making and Indigenous Peoples may reclaim their self-determination.
With the dedication of our supporters and partners, we are building a world in which children, youth, and their communities thrive, realizing their full potential. CFTC relies entirely on voluntary contributions. To learn more about our work and how you can be part of this transformative journey, visit canadianfeedthechildren.ca or call 1-800-387-1221.
Updated on October 24, 2023:
Canadian Feed The Children (CFTC) works alongside communities in Bolivia, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Ghana, and with Indigenous partners in Canada to address the systemic barriers to food security. Our core belief is that food and nourishment is a human right, and food is life. We stand in solidarity with communities, supporting them to build local, self-reliant, and sustainable systems that provide food for children, youth, and families across generations.
At the core of our approach are people. We build partnerships to strengthen local capacity through knowledge sharing, mobilizing resources, and nurturing new ideas and solutions. We work to impact all areas of nourishment including supporting climate-adaptive agriculture and livelihoods, promoting gender equality, advancing women’s economic justice, and improving access to education.
We are learning from and growing with communities, to shift power and deepen our commitment to understanding their truth and supporting their healing, so communities may reclaim their leadership, and decision-making and Indigenous Peoples may reclaim their self-determination.
With the dedication of our supporters and partners, we are building a world in which children, youth, and their communities thrive, realizing their full potential. CFTC relies entirely on voluntary contributions. To learn more about our work and how you can be part of this transformative journey, visit canadianfeedthechildren.ca or call 1-800-387-1221.
Canadian Feed The Children (CFTC) is partnering with families and communities in Bolivia, Canada, Ethiopia, Uganda and Ghana to address the root causes of food insecurity. In 2022, we provided over 3 million meals worldwide to help support children through school and community programs.
Working with local partners, we take a participatory, community-led approach to support communities to achieve their own long-term sustainable change. This includes providing climate-adaptive agriculture and livelihood training, promoting gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, and improving access to education for children.
We sincerely thank our supporters and community partners, whose continued support helps create a world where all children thrive.
CFTC relies entirely on voluntary donations. To learn more about CFTC and the opportunities to support children and families in Canada, and around the world, please visit canadianfeedthechildren.ca or call 1-800-387-1221. Join us!
This is from a previous profile:
In 2020, Canadian Feed The Children (CFTC) joined together with families and communities in Bolivia, Canada, Ethiopia, Uganda and Ghana to achieve significant impact for children. In 2019 we provided over 3 million meals to help support children through school and community programs.
We take a community-led approach to development, and work with local partners to help people achieve long-term change for children, families and communities. Our focus is on food security and education as catalysts of change, and capacity-strengthens that ensures sustainability of our programs.
We sincerely thank our supporters and community partners, whose continued support helps create a world where children thrive.
CFTC relies entirely on voluntary donations. To learn more about CFTC and the opportunities to support children and families in Canada, and around the world, please visit canadianfeedthechildren.ca or call 1-800-387-1221. Join us!
Added by Charity Intelligence:
In The News: Canadian donors please note that, thankfully, Canadian Feed The Children does not have any association whatsoever with the US charity Feed the Children. It is not connected with or associated with the US charity that has poor ratings.
Charity Contact
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