Charity Intellegence Award of Recognition

Charity Intelligence (Ci) Canada has chosen Victoria Hospice Society as a Ci Recommended Charity for the second year in a row.

Ci Canada researches and analyses Canadian charities to help funders make intelligent giving decisions that reward charities for their results.
“We evaluate charities using investment methods that include a charity's defining characteristics,” says Kate Bahen CFA and managing director. “Our research starts with the financial statements and then adds in the value of donated goods and services. Our analysis considers transparency and accountability as a base point, measures efficiency in the prior use of funding, and then goes beyond to quantify effectiveness in meeting their clients' needs.”

Ci Canada recommended Victoria Hospice for three reasons:

• Victoria Hospice has one of the highest proportions of palliative care patients who have died in their place of choice – either at home or on the Victoria Hospice palliative care unit;
• Victoria Hospice’s high quality of end-of-life care is substantially less costly than palliative care provided by a number of other programs across the country and saves millions of dollars in health care costs;
• Victoria Hospice is different to other hospices because of the breadth of programs it offers - including education and research, its partnerships and the ongoing financial support it receives from the Vancouver Island Health Authority and the community.

In 2009, Ci Canada recommended a total of 32 charities from a pool of 435 that were contacted.

For a copy of the complete report on this year's recognized charities, including Victoria Hospice, click here. ►