Charities paid $762M to private fundraisers

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 CBC NEWS:

Money paid by charities spending more than 50% of their revenues on external fundraisers, by province, in 2008:

Province	# of charities	Amount raised ($)	Amount paid to fundraisers ($)	Net revenue for charity ($)
B.C.	38	4,976,236	3,436,926	1,539,310
Alta.	27	19,529,677	16,434,884	3,094,793
Sask.	4	537,703	384,954	152,749
Man.	3	561,674	307,378	254,296
Ont.	100	38,223,556	25,024,532	13,199,024
Que.	28	8,477,161	7,113,096	1,364,065
N.B.	5	750,874	588,702	162,172
N.S.	2	406,617	322,806	83,811
N.L.	3	118,969	88,337	30,632
P.E.I.	4	346,448	264,157	82,291

*Data not available for N.W.T., Yukon or Nunavut.

Source: Canada Revenue Agency

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Telemarketer kept 87% of charity's donations

Database: Charities that pay external fundraisers
Don Quixote Note: Only 1 Vernon Charity appears on the list. 12 Kelowna Charities were on list. 4 Penticton Charities on list. 5 Kamloops Charities on List.