2022 Top 100 Rated Charities
Charity Intelligence 2022 Top 100 Rated Charities
Charities are listed alphabetically by sector. Click on the charity's name to read Charity Intelligence's full report.
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In 2020, an Angus Reid survey found that 60% of Canadians are doing more homework on charities before they give.
Charity Intelligence’s Top 100 list is just this necessary homework. These are charities we have analysed and vetted so you can give with greater confidence. Out of all of Canada’s largest charities, these Top 100 highest-rated charities are the elite.
Most giving today is based on a charity’s name recognition, supported by massive fundraising campaigns, often costing tens of millions of dollars. Charity Intelligence takes a different tack, looking behind the gloss, at a charity’s results, costs, and impact. Using data analytics, we find again and again top results at Canadian charities that are often less well known. Charity Intelligence’s Top 100 list does include some big household names – Doctors Without Borders, World Vision, universities and United Ways – yet many top-rated charities are undiscovered gems.
Many Canadians say they prefer to give to small charities. Included in this 2022 list are 9 small charities. Charity Intelligence defines a 'small' charity as having less than $1 million in donations.
What we can afford to give matters more than ever. Our giving can’t be about us feeling good – our giving must do the most good possible to help those in need. Educated and informed donors are changing their giving to donate to different charities. We hope you will consider donating to these top charities.
Along with this list of Top 100 Rated Charities, Charity Intelligence is preparing its lists of Top 10 Impact Charities that we will release in November. This is Canadian donors' favourite post on our website.
About Charity Intelligence
Charity Intelligence’s website has reports on 803 Canadian charities. Here is the full A-Z listing. These charities receive more than $11 billion in donations each year, which we estimate is 60% of total Canadian giving. Charity Intelligence’s reports give donors the facts and figures to answer their questions about how charities spend money and the results they achieve. 77% of donors say that reading a Charity Intelligence report increased their confidence in giving and, with greater confidence, they gave 32% more money.
In 2016, Statistics Canada reported that nearly a third of Canadians weren’t giving as much to charities as they could because they had unanswered questions. We hope that by answering donors’ questions with independent reports, we can help Canadian donors give intelligently.
At the same time, some Canadian charities are striving to improve their star ratings. These charities are becoming more transparent and accountable. This makes Canada’s charity sector better for all.
If you find Charity Intelligence’s research useful in your giving, please consider donating to support our work. Being entirely funded by donors like you maintains our independence and objectivity to help Canadians be informed in their giving. Canadians donate over $18 billion each year. This giving could achieve tremendous results. We hope Charity Intelligence's research helps Canadians give better.
References:
Angus Reid survey "Philanthropy, Pandemic & Political Scandal: Covid-19 curtails donor giving (estimate from survey responses), WE affair weakens trust in charities, September 17, 2020.
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