Kidney Foundation of Canada
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✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
B
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
n/r
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.
36%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 36 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Kidney Foundation of Canada:
Kidney Foundation of Canada is a financially transparent 3-star charity. It has an average results reporting grade and can cover its program costs for just under one year and eight months. Its overhead spending is outside Ci's reasonable range.
Founded in 1964, Kidney Foundation of Canada (KFOC) works to improve the quality of life of people affected by kidney disease. The charity reports that 4.1 million Canadians have or are at risk of kidney disease. KFOC runs three main programs: Patient Services, Research, and Awareness. Charity Intelligence calculates KFOC spent $14.4m on its programs in 2024.
The Patient Services program received 38% ($5.4m) of program spending in 2024. KFOC offers financial support, referrals, and peer support services. The charity helped 4,383 peer support participants in 2024. Its Kidney Community Kitchen provides recipes and nutrition advice for people with kidney disease. The charity posted 20 recipes, 12 blog posts, and had 780,000 page views in 2024. KFOC reports it provided $1.0m in short-term financial assistance to people with kidney disease in 2024.
The Research program received 37% ($5.4m) of program spending in 2024. KFOC funds research related to kidney disease across Canada. The charity provided 102 research grants to 499 researchers in 2024. Included in the grants are 59 Kidney Health Research grants, 11 Allied Health awards, and 26 KRESCENT awards. KRESCENT awards focus on recruiting and training future leaders in kidney research. Allied Health Awards encourage students to pursue master’s level education in nephrology (kidney specialization).
The Awareness program received 25% ($3.6m) of program spending in 2024. KFOC distributes educational resources and advocates for those with kidney disease. The charity reports it distributed 75,518 educational handbooks in 2024. It also reports that 9,665 people accessed its online kidney disease risk awareness quiz. KFOC reports that one million people visited its website in 2024.
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Results and Impact
Kidney Foundation of Canada reports that since KRESCENT’s founding in 2005, 90% of grantees are still working in kidney research. It also reports that three patents were registered by KRESCENT grantees.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not completely represent Kidney Foundation of Canada’s results and impact.
Charity Intelligence has not yet rated KFOC on impact (n/r). This does not affect the star rating.
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Finances
Kidney Foundation of Canada’s audited financial statements follow activity-based costing, a best practice. Its expenses are clearly defined between program, administrative, and fundraising categories.
In 2024 KFOC received $31.9m in donations. Administrative costs are 15% of revenues (excluding investment income). Fundraising costs are 49% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 64%. For every dollar donated, 36 cents are available to go to the cause. This falls outside Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
In 2024 KFOC spent $14.4m on its programs, which is 41% of its revenue. In 2024 it had a surplus of $74k.
KFOC has $28.4m in reserve funds (cash and investments). Excluding $5.3m in donor-endowed funds, the net funding reserves can cover 164%, or just under one year and eight months of program costs.
Kidney Foundation was featured in October 2024's CTV's W5 investigation into second-hand clothing bins where Canadians donate their used clothes to help charity. Kidney Foundation's donated clothing operations are held in a separate organization, Canadian Kidney Trustee Corporation. In 2024, Kidney Foundation Trust sold donated clothes for $4.5 million that were valued at $4.1 million. The surplus (profit) of $394k ($210k in 2023) goes to the charity, Kidney Foundation. This surplus/profit is 9% (5% in 2023) of the proceeds for donated clothes sales. This surplus is included in Kidney Foundation's net business activities.
This charity report is an update that has been sent for review to Kidney Foundation of Canada. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on July 21, 2025, by Grady Simpson.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
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2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 14.7% | 13.6% | 16.4% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 49.0% | 49.0% | 45.9% |
| Total overhead spending | 63.7% | 62.7% | 62.3% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 163.6% | 172.4% | 187.5% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 31,921 | 28,679 | 22,385 |
| Government funding | (50) | 1,927 | 931 |
| Business activities (net) | 157 | 1,254 | (103) |
| Investment income | 2,777 | 1,699 | 229 |
| Total revenues | 34,805 | 33,560 | 23,442 |
| Program costs | 14,379 | 10,463 | 8,424 |
| Grants | 0 | 3,321 | 3,703 |
| Administrative costs | 4,710 | 4,342 | 3,808 |
| Fundraising costs | 15,642 | 14,065 | 10,282 |
| Total spending | 34,731 | 32,191 | 26,217 |
| Cash flow from operations | 74 | 1,368 | (2,775) |
| Capital spending | 97 | 739 | 26 |
| Funding reserves | 28,396 | 28,535 | 27,440 |
Note: Deferred donations: KFOC uses deferred accounting. To show donors information on a consistent basis, Ci adjusted for these deferred donations. This affected revenue by $338k in 2024, ($702k) in 2023, and ($695k) in 2022. Deferred government funding: Ci adjusted for deferred government funding. This affected revenue by ($50k) in 2024, ($24k) in 2023, and ($93k) in 2022. Endowment contributions: Ci included endowment contributions in donations. This affected revenue by $78k in 2024, $23k in 2023, and $24k in 2022. Investment income: Ci included investment income not allocated to operations and investment income reinvested in endowment capital. This affected revenue by $1.2m in 2024, ($64k) in 2023, and ($960k) in 2022. Change in due from Canadian Kidney Trustee Corporation: Ci adjusted for change in due from Canadian Kidney Trustee Corporation. This affected revenue by ($237k) in 2024, ($1.0m) in 2023, and ($514k) in 2022. Government funding and grants: Ci reported government funding and grants using the charity’s T3010 filing. The most recent T3010 filing at the time of this update was from 2023. Amortization: Ci removed amortization on a pro rata basis from program, administrative, and fundraising costs in 2024, 2023, and 2022.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
1 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
4 |
$160k - $200k |
4 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
0 |
$40k - $80k |
0 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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