The Canadian Red Cross Society / la Societe Canadienne de la Croix-Rouge

It spent $149,282,424 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 programs86.8%
• Management and administration3.8%
• Fundraising9.4%

The Canadian Red Cross Society / la Societe Canadienne de la Croix-Rouge reported spending 86.8% of its expenditure on charitable programs. Among the 2,595 charities registered under core health care that reported the same line for 2024, the middle of the range is 86.5%, and this charity sits at the 51th percentile — above 51% 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.

• 1$160,000–199,999
• 6$200,000–249,999
• 1$250,000–299,999
• 1$300,000–349,999
• 1$350,000 and over

10 positions reported in total.

Charities that hold significant property not used in their programs must spend a minimum amount each year — the disbursement quota. The Canadian Red Cross Society / la Societe Canadienne de la Croix-Rouge files this schedule; most charities do not.

Charities may also carry a disbursement excess forward for five years, so a single year is a slice of a longer calculation rather than the whole of it.