Every figure comes from the CRA's published T3010 and T1236 returns (2024, the latest release). Those returns are self-reported by each charity and published as open data — the CRA does not audit or verify them. Nothing here is an endorsement of any charity, and no charity is ranked or recommended.
No. Every figure here is self-reported by the charity on its CRA T3010 return. The CRA publishes these returns as open data but does not audit or verify the numbers, so treat them as claims rather than audited accounts.
No. A region shows charities based in that region, not necessarily serving it. A charity with a Toronto address may fundraise nationally or operate only abroad, which is why the national-charity filter exists.
Because a foundation's address says where it is registered, not where its money goes. The Mastercard Foundation is registered in Toronto and reports about $2.25B in expenditure, but its T1236 filing shows 31% of its grants going to donees outside Canada — Arizona State, UNICEF, Oxford, the World Food Programme. The FSA bubbles colour each postal area by how much of its apparent spending is money being passed on to other organizations, so a red bubble marks an area that looks wealthy mainly because a foundation sits there. The “count only grants to Canadian recipients” filter counts what those grantmakers actually sent to Canadian donees instead.
Only about 20% of charities file fundraising expenditure at all, mostly smaller ones recording zero. Absence means the charity did not report the line on its return, not that it spent nothing, so the tool shows not reported instead of $0.
No. A low administration ratio is not automatically a good sign. Charities with little administrative overhead can also underinvest in fundraising, governance and record-keeping, so every ratio here is shown with that context rather than as a score.
No. There are no best-charity rankings and no recommendations anywhere in the tool. Lists are sorted by spending and by grants given purely as a size reference, and nothing here is an endorsement of any charity.