CHILDREN BELIEVE FUND
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·101 - 90 ALLSTATE PKY · MARKHAM, ON · L3R 6H3·BN 106918543RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Children Believe is a global charity dedicated to removing the barriers to education that steal children’s choices one by one until they have none. For sixty years the organization has brought together brave young dreamers caring supporters and partners and unabashed idealists joined by a common belief that access to education means a lifetime of choices and is the most powerful tool for children to change the world. We currently operate in six countries with programs that focus on five interconnected pathways of change: access to education health and nutrition child protection and partic… Show more
Children Believe is a global charity dedicated to removing the barriers to education that steal children’s choices one by one until they have none. For sixty years the organization has brought together brave young dreamers caring supporters and partners and unabashed idealists joined by a common belief that access to education means a lifetime of choices and is the most powerful tool for children to change the world. We currently operate in six countries with programs that focus on five interconnected pathways of change: access to education health and nutrition child protection and participation gender equality and social inclusion youth employability and women’s economic empowerment. And we won’t stop until every child can grow up to live the life they choose to live
New programs
The Championing Nutrition and Gender Equality (CHANGE) project funded by Global Affairs Canada is Children Believe Canada’s new flagship grant. The five-year project engages with local national and global partners to improve women’s leadership and control over vital resources while helping to strengthen their access to proper health services and nutrition. CHANGE focuses on reaching the poorest and most marginalized especially women adolescent girls and their children. Through this work we will help bring positive impact for 385 000 people in Ethiopia and Ghana.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)72¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 72¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)28%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.7 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$37.7M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)50%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)7%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $41.7M | 76¢ | 21% | 0.4 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $37.5M | 76¢ | 24% | 0.3 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $35.5M | 78¢ | 22% | 0.4 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $29.3M | 77¢ | 23% | 0.6 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $36.0M | 73¢ | 27% | 0.3 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $37.7M | 72¢ | 28% | 0.7 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★★★
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceA
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceAverage
Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.
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Board of directors
14 directors reported · 14 of 14at arm's length
- Ollivier, GabrielChairarm's length
- Mulat, AkliluVice Chairarm's length
- Fonseth-Schlossberg, KarenDirector of the Boardarm's length
- Akhavan, VafaDirector of the Boardarm's length
- Pang, JustinDirector of the Boardarm's length
- Chan, BenjaminDirector of the Boardarm's length
- Kosta-Cadas, MaryDirector of the Boardarm's length
- Sariffodeen, MelissaDirector of the Boardarm's length
- Mitchell, MonaDirector of the Boardarm's length
- Ruffolo, AnthonySecretaryarm's length
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- Ruthard, MikeDirector of the Boardarm's length
- D'Souza Doares, JudithDirector of the Boardarm's length
- Bello, DerinDirector of the Boardarm's length
- Wu, WinstonDirector of the boardarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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