Terre Sans Frontières
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements available only through official request for information from Charities Directorate.
B-
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
Low
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
75%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 75 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Terre Sans Frontières:
Terre Sans Frontières is a 1-star charity with a Low demonstrated impact. The charity has a B- Results Reporting grade, which is below average. Its overhead spending is 25%, within Ci’s reasonable range. Its reserve funds can cover over one month of annual program cost, within Ci’s reasonable limit. Please read Ci's report before donating.
Founded in 1980, Terre Sans Frontières (TSF) is an international aid charity that currently works in Bolivia, Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Republic of Congo, Senegal, and Tanzania. International program areas of focus include education, water and sanitation, health, climate resilience, and entrepreneurship. The charity has three overarching pillars: Humanitarian Aid, Sustainable Development, and Volunteer Cooperation.
In F2024, TSF reported that it equipped 19 health posts with cribs, tables, and delivery boxes in Senegal. The charity stated that it installed two boreholes with hand pumps at its two training sites in Bakongolo and Mudzi-Bala in the Democratic Republic of Congo. TSF reported that it carried out seven mandates, centred around finance, infection control or heath in F2024.
In the News: March 1, 2019: CBC News reports concerns about Terre Sans Frontières homeopathic treatments for tropical diseases in Honduras. This is a small program of TSF relative to its spending on international programs yet raises valid concerns about evidence, results and impact.
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Results and Impact
In Mali, Terre Sans Frontières reported that its community-based approach to combat malnutrition, based on local foods, reduced the malnutrition rate to 5% in four health areas, compared to a rate of 14% in the Kolokani circle.
Charity Intelligence has given Terre Sans Frontieres an impact rating of Low based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
This may not be a complete representation of TSF’s results and impact.
Impact Rating: Low
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Finances
Terre Sans Frontières’ audited financial statements follow line-item costing, which is not a best practice.
In F2024, the charity reported $6.0m in donations, a 43% decrease from F2023. It received $354k in government funding in F2024.
Administrative costs were $1.4m in F2024, which is 22% of revenue (less investment income). Fundraising costs were $180k in F2024, which is 3% of donations. This means that overhead spending is 25%. For every dollar donated, 75 cents are available to go to the cause.
The charity recorded net funding reserves of $843k in F2024. These reserves can cover 12%, or over one month of annual program costs.
Profile updated by Leah Holmes on July 15, 2025. This charity report is an update that has been sent to the charity for review. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending July
|
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 21.8% | 13.9% | 12.2% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 3.0% | 1.5% | 3.3% |
| Total overhead spending | 24.8% | 15.5% | 15.5% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 11.8% | 41.7% | 37.8% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 6,000 | 10,502 | 10,850 |
| Goods in kind | 116 | 91 | 45 |
| Government funding | 354 | 133 | 290 |
| Lotteries (net) | 0 | 0 | 251 |
| Investment income | 35 | 50 | 20 |
| Total revenues | 6,504 | 10,775 | 11,455 |
| Program costs - Canada | 7,154 | 8,754 | 9,247 |
| Administrative costs | 1,408 | 1,495 | 1,391 |
| Fundraising costs | 180 | 161 | 358 |
| Other costs | 73 | 73 | 100 |
| Cash flow from operations | (2,311) | 292 | 359 |
| Capital spending | 268 | 2 | 79 |
| Funding reserves | 843 | 3,652 | 3,498 |
Note: Ci used the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA to break down program, administrative, and fundraising costs. Ci adjusted for deferred donations, affecting revenue by ($1.8m) in F2024, $479k in F2023, and $260k in F2022. Ci adjusted for contributions receivable, affecting revenue by ($126k) in F2024, ($83k) in F2023, and ($96k) in F2022. Ci analyzed TSF's French audited financial statements to the best of our abilities but we recognize that detailed financial information is beyond our linguistic expertise. Material omissions may not be reflected in Charity Intelligence's analysis.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
1 |
$40k - $80k |
8 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2024
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