Save a Family Plan is a 4-star charity with High demonstrated impact. It has a B+ Results Reporting grade, which is above average. Its overhead costs are within Ci’s reasonable range. The charity’s reserves can cover program costs for five years and eleven months, which is outside of Ci’s reasonable range.

Founded in 1965, Save a Family Plan (SAFP) supports families and communities in poverty in India. The charity runs two programs: Family Development and Community Development. It spent $2.7m on its programs in the fiscal year ending in March (F2024).

Family Development received 74% ($2.0m) of program spending in F2024. The program supports families for six years through donors' donations of $25 per month. The families must meet certain criteria to take part in the program, such as having a child under the age of 13, a family member with a serious illness or disability, and they must be below the poverty line. The charity helps each family start a small business and coaches them in financial literacy during the six-year program. In F2024, it helped start 3,570 small businesses like tailoring centres, grocery shops, fish vending, and textiles.

Community Development received 26% ($713k) of program spending in F2024. The program has a few initiatives that support impoverished communities in India. The charity provided non-electric water filtration units to 500 families in F2024. SAFP provided 135 students with academic support. It runs a housing project that constructed 50 houses in F2024, each with at least 400 square feet. In an effort to improve the sanitation in rural India, the charity built 302 toilets. It runs a women’s empowerment project, which is a five-month program that teaches women sewing and tailoring.

Save a Family Plan’s audited financial statements follow activity-based costing, although no salaries or general costs appear to have been allocated to fundraising. The charity received $3.3m in donations in F2024, which is 65% of revenue. It received $1.8m in investment income.

SAFP spent $2.7m on international programs, which is 53% of revenue. The charity ran a surplus of $1.9m, which is 37% of revenue. It spent $16k on fundraising, which is less than 1% of donations, and $516k on administration, which is 16% of revenue, excluding investment income. For every dollar donated to the charity, 84 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

SAFP has $16.2m in its reserves (cash and investments), which can cover program costs for five years and eleven months. This is outside of Ci’s reasonable range.

Updated on August 19, 2025 by Joshua Leduc. This update has been sent to the charity and changes may be forthcoming.