Loran Scholars Foundation

460 Richmond St. W., Suite 502
Toronto, ON M5V 1Y1
CEO: Meghan Moore
Board Chair: Jamie Anderson

Website: www.loranscholar.ca
Charitable Reg. #: 85513 2643 RR0001

Sector: Education

Operating Charity

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Results Reporting

Grade: B

The grade is based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

Financial Transparency

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity's website [Audited financial statement for most recent year]

Need for Funding

donor
endowed

Funding Reserves Program Costs

Spending Breakdown

Cents to the Cause

♦	♦	♦
			95¢



			75¢
			avg
			65¢


			50¢

2016	2017	2018

For a dollar donated, cents funding the cause after fundraising and admin costs, excluding surplus.

Full-time staff #8

Avg. Compensation $85,844

Top 10 Staff Salary Range

$350k +	0
$300k - $350k	0
$250k - $300k	0
$200k - $250k	0
$160k - $200k	1
$120k - $160k	0
$80k - $120k	2
$40k - $80k	5
< $40k	0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2018

About Loran Scholars Foundation :

Founded in 1988 as the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, Loran Scholars Foundation (LSF) offers Canada’s largest four-year award. LSF partners with universities, donors, and volunteers across Canada to give out awards up to $100,000 in value. LSF supports undergraduate students in the hope of helping them become Canada’s future leaders.

The Loran Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship given to students who show promise of leadership and other talents that will make their communities a better place both during and after their time at university. In F2018, LSF selected 34 people to become a Loran Scholar. The Loran Scholarship includes: up to $10,000 annually to pay for tuition, a matching tuition waiver from one of 25 partnered universities, mentorship, summer internship opportunities, access to a network of current and former Loran Scholars, and a summer orientation experience. It also gave out 54 grants valued at $5000 to people who applied and were not selected as well as 50 provincial awards valued at $2000.

Every Loran Scholar is paired with a Canadian leader for a four-year mentorship relationship. During the summer, Loran Scholars are encouraged to gain meaningful work experience. To help this process, Loran Scholars are given access to their network of alumni as well as up to $10,000 in funding for internship opportunities. These internships can be done anywhere in the world providing they are focused on the enterprise, public policy, or community development.

Financial Review:

Financial Review: Loran Scholars Foundation is a medium-sized charity with $ 3.2m in donations in F2018. LSF’s fundraising and administrative costs are 11% of revenues (excluding investment income). For every dollar donated, 89 cents goes to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead expenditures. LSF has $16m in funding reserves of which $3.6m are donor endowed. Excluding the endowed funds, funding reserves can cover program costs for five and a half years.

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Loran Scholars Foundation for review. Comments and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated May 28, 2019 by Stefan Tetzlaff.

Financial Ratios Fiscal year ending April	2018	2017	2016
Fundraising & admin costs as % of revenues	10.6%	6.5%	8.7%
Program cost coverage (%)	663.9%	649.0%	532.1%

Summary Financial Statements All figures in $s	2018	2017	2016
Donations	3,172,907	5,043,420	3,284,686
Investment income	133,407	1,137,617	185,875
Other income	113,335	87,171	73,750
Total revenues	3,419,649	6,268,208	3,544,311
Program costs	1,065,523	1,067,549	1,047,650
Grants	1,353,000	1,300,833	1,168,875
Fundraising & administrative costs	348,293	335,471	293,131
Cash flow from operations	652,833	3,564,355	1,034,655
Funding reserves	16,057,015	15,369,518	11,793,330

Note: Ci reports restated figures for F2017. Ci adjusted for deferred donations, affecting total revenues by (72k) in F2018, $1.9m in F2017 and and $516k in F2016. Ci reported endowment contributions in donations and preservation of endowment capital in investment income, affecting total revenues by $58k in F2018, $444k in F2017 and $55k in F2016.

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