Finance & Accountability to You

ERDO is a registered Canadian charity BN: 87591 2701 RR0001, and issues receipts for income tax purposes for each gift received over $20.  For convenience and lowering administration costs, ERDO issues monthly donors one annual receipt in February of the following calendar year.

We are pleased to report to all of our supporters that we have ensured again that our child sponsorship program, ChildCARE Plus, has delivered 84 cents of each dollar given to the care of the child. 

Our annual report takes into account all programs of ERDO: child sponsorship, crisis response, food relief & security and community development.  The combination of all these activities in 2016 resulted in 86% reaching overseas programs, with the remaining 14% of funds covering support services and resource development.

Support services include things like opening and processing donations, child/sponsor correspondence, preparing responses to inquiry letters from sponsors and donors and other program management.  Resource development takes into account things like hosting our website, advertising, and producing e-newsletters, brochures and direct mail to inspire new people to give.

In compliance with Canadian law, Emergency Relief & Development Overseas (ERDO) annually files detailed financial information with the Canada Revenue Agency.  All of the financial data filed for ERDO and other Canadian charities is available on the Canada Revenue Agency website by clicking here - http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca and looking for information about “Charities & Giving”.  You can then search and compare ERDO’s fiscal reporting, and other charities you support.

Detailed financial information is at the bottom of this page.

Our Board of Directors is presented with ERDO’s proposed annual budget for approval, and holds senior staff accountable to the budget throughout regular meetings during each quarter.

Our commitment to you is that as much of each dollar reaches children and families in need to “do good”.