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A growing niche of donors each year is looking for terrific charities to support, particularly those that have measurable, proven, and high impact.
Most charities claim that they “make a difference” in the lives of those they work with, but it is very difficult for donors to tell how much of a difference any given charity is making. Charity Intelligence’s rigorous analysis measures this difference, or the impact, charities actually make to see how each dollar we give can create the most positive change.
Over $18 billion was given to charities by Canadian donors last year and a significant portion of that is going to less effective charities. Donors often focus on the reputation of the charity or they get distracted by salaries or administrative costs when what really matters is understanding the impact they create.
“Some charities create a lot of change with the donations given to them. Others have almost nothing to show for the money coming from donors” says Greg Thomson, Director of Research at Charity Intelligence. “Of the 300 Canadian charities we have analysed for impact, these Top 10 have the highest measurable demonstrated impact. Our calculations estimate this group of Top 10 Impact Charities delivers average returns of roughly 6 dollars for every dollar donated, compared with overall average charity returns of only about 1.5 dollars.”
The 2023 Top 10 Impact Charities cover frontline charities providing social services in Canada, such as food, education, and addiction recovery, as well as international programs bringing evidence-based programs to developing countries, like clean water, health and education programs. All of these charities produce high impact per dollar with their programs.
text-align: left; 2023 Top 10 Impact Charities based on demonstrated impact per dollar donated (listed alphabetically):
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For more information on these charities, please view our index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=724&catid=37 Top 10 Impact Charities Summary.
These Top Impact Charities are a breed apart from the over 850 Canadian charities we report on and rate. Charity Intelligence’s star ratings are based on an assessment of 5 objective aspects: 1. donor reporting, 2. financial transparency, 3. funding need, 4. cents to the cause, and 5. demonstrated impact. The 5-Star rated charities based on these metrics are listed in the charity-profiles/top-100-rated-charities-2 2023 100 Highest Rated Charities report. Ci’s Logic Model (2)At Charity Intelligence we aspire for Canada to have the most informed donors, the most transparent charitable sector and the most effective allocation of resources. We believe that the free dissemination of information will have a transformative impact on the Canadian charitable sector. Second, all charities will have an incentive to improve on both their efficiency and their social impact. If it is being measured and donors care about it, charities will too. As well, with improved information available, charities have greater opportunity to share and examine best practices in order to improve. Given that charities issued roughly $13 billion in tax receipts in 2011 and overall revenues are over $200 billion, there is potential for significant value from even minor incremental improvements in efficiency and effectiveness. Top rated charitiesCharity Intelligence has rated over 740 charities on a scale of 0 to 4 stars. |