ADRA CANADA
Charitable organizationFoundations·20 ROBERT ST W · NEWCASTLE, ON · L1B 1C6·BN 132056813RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
ADRA is the global humanitarian agency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Globally the ADRA network provides assistance to individuals in over 120 countries regardless of their ethnicity religion or political affiliation. ADRA Canada improves the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year through our efforts to relieve poverty by providing food clothing shelter and other basic supplies to persons in need; to improve skills and practices in forestry husbandry agriculture and horticulture in underdeveloped and developing countries; to improve the quality of drinking water in … Show more
ADRA is the global humanitarian agency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Globally the ADRA network provides assistance to individuals in over 120 countries regardless of their ethnicity religion or political affiliation. ADRA Canada improves the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year through our efforts to relieve poverty by providing food clothing shelter and other basic supplies to persons in need; to improve skills and practices in forestry husbandry agriculture and horticulture in underdeveloped and developing countries; to improve the quality of drinking water in undeveloped and developing countries; to provide education and literacy programs in order to offer education vocational training and life skills training to the public; to improve maternal and child health in undeveloped and developing countries; to establish operate and provide microfinance programs and services to financially disadvantaged persons and communities in order to economically enhance communities and displaced people and persons in need in order to alleviate human suffering. As a registered Canadian charity and a certified member of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC) ADRA Canada is committed to conducting its activities with integrity transparency and accountability.
New programs
Kenya (Nature Plus) Mozambique (Nature Plus)
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)92¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 92¢ 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)8%
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)0.2 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)$35.4M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)7%
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)44%
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 | $20.6M | 93¢ | 7% | 0.4 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $19.8M | 92¢ | 8% | 0.4 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $19.7M | 91¢ | 9% | 0.5 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $24.2M | 93¢ | 7% | 0.6 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $39.5M | 95¢ | 5% | 0.3 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $35.4M | 92¢ | 8% | 0.2 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 ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★
Charity Intelligence's 0–5 star overall rating.
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceC+
How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceLow
Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.
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Board of directors
12 directors reported · 12 of 12at arm's length
- Musafili, PaulDirectorarm's length
- Levy, JeanDirectorarm's length
- Llewellyn, PaulDirectorarm's length
- Kalkan, WaltDirectorarm's length
- Galdamez, LucilleDirectorarm's length
- Lehmann, Donna LeeDirectorarm's length
- Millett, CyrilDirectorarm's length
- Kis, AdamDirectorarm's length
- Miller, DaveDirectorarm's length
- Krym, ValerieDirectorarm's length
- Vicente, EvaldoDirectorarm's length
- Cudanin, Meredith PalafoxDirectorarm'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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