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Canada’s Charity Directorate provides clear guidance on how to calculate fundraising costs: 

“the fundraising ratio is a global calculation for a fiscal period, determined by dividing fundraising expenditures by fundraising revenue”. 
Fundraising costs should only be calculated on fundraising revenues and should exclude other sources of revenue like government funding, investment income, and business profits.
Using the charity’s annual return, the T3010, the Charities Directorate instructs charities to calculate fundraising cost ratios by
1. “add the revenue amounts from lines 4500 (receipted donations) and 4630 (fundraising revenues not reported in 4500)
2. divide the total expenditure amount on line 5020 (fundraising expenses) by the sum of lines 4500 and 4630.”
Source: Section 83, Canada Revenue Agency Charities Directorate “Fundraising by registered charities”Guidance Reference Number CG-013, April 20, Read More

Donor report:  http://www.msf.org/en/article/nepal-three-months-after-earthquakes-msf-reduces-operations Nepal: Three months after the earthquakes, MSF reduces operations
Raised: no information found. No special appeal launched. Funded Nepal relief efforts from
Key activities: Doctors Without Borders worked alongside Nepalese doctors, performed 240 specialized surgeries, 2,500 health consultations, and helped Nepal’s medical teams reduce the backlog of those needing acute medical treatment. Wounded were evacuated to Nepal Orthopedic Hospital in Kathmandu, the Charikot hospital in Dolakha (
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Donor Report:  http://www.wvi.org/sites/default/files/Nepal%20earthquake%20-%20Two%20years%20on%20-%20Report%20%28English%29.pdf Nepal Earthquake Response Report: Two Years and Beyond
Raised: No information found
Spending: US$52.5 million
Expertise: Christian development with humanitarian aid for disaster responses


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