How does Canadian Feed The Children raise money?
We are primarily funded through the generous donations of thousands of individual Canadians who share our mission to help reduce the impact of poverty on children. They donate in support of our programs through direct mail campaigns, telephone fundraising, monthly support, child sponsorship, online donations, project support and public events. We also receive major individual, corporate and foundation support, and have received some government (Canadian International Development Agency) program funding. What percentage of your budget goes toward programs? In 2008, we directed 86 per cent of our $20 million budget to our programs for children; 10 per cent was directed to fundraising activities; and 4 per cent went to administration expenses. This past year, as part of our programming, medicines such as antibiotics, antipyretics (for fever), antiparasitics, antibacterial, anti-malarial and tuberculosis drugs and other gifts-in-kind were put to life-saving use by grateful communities in S
We are primarily funded through the generous donations of thousands of individual Canadians who share our mission to help reduce the impact of poverty on children. They donate in support of our programs through direct mail campaigns, telephone fundraising, monthly support, child sponsorship, online donations, project support and public events. We also receive major individual, corporate and foundation support, and have received some government (Canadian International Development Agency) program funding. What percentage of your budget goes toward programs? In 2009, we directed 84 per cent of our $18.7 million budget to our programs for children; 12 per cent was directed to fundraising activities; and 4 per cent went to administration expenses. This past year, as part of our programming, medicines such as antibiotics, antipyretics (for fever), antiparasitics, antibacterial, anti-malarial and tuberculosis drugs and other gifts-in-kind were put to life-saving use by grateful communities in
