Sydenham District Hospital

It spent $172,422 more than it took in, drawing down the difference. Neither is good or bad on its own — charities hold reserves, run capital campaigns, and spend down endowments, and the return does not say which.

• Charitable programs77.6%
• Management and administration22.4%

This charity did not report a fundraising figure. That is not the same as zero. Only one charity in five reports a fundraising figure at all, and the return does not require it.

Sydenham District Hospital reported spending 77.6% of its expenditure on charitable programs. Among the 82 charities registered under core health care that reported the same line for 2017, the middle of the range is 84.7%, and this charity sits at the 35th percentile — below 65% of them.

That is a position in a distribution, not a verdict. Charities allocate costs differently on the same form, and a lower share often reflects how a return was filled in rather than how the money was spent. The cohort counts only charities that reported this line — about a quarter of the register does not, and they are not in the comparison at all.

Canadian charities report how many of their ten highest-paid positions fall in each pay band. Not who they are, and not what any one person earns — the return does not collect that, and it cannot be worked out from what follows.

• 3$120,000–159,999
• 3$160,000–199,999
• 3$200,000–249,999
• 1$300,000–349,999

10 positions reported in total.