HPIC Overhead

Based on everything presented in the first and second blog posts, I believe that Health Partners International does have acceptable levels of overhead. It is easy to final all the charity’s financial information as well as all donor information and a breakdown of where the money goes! I am unsure as to why Charity Intelligence Canada only rates HPIC’s transparency a 3/5, as the website does not provide a written explanation! Based on my research, the levels of overhead were great. Charity Intelligence Canada also only rated HPIC’s Donor Accountability as a C+, this is based on the charity’s public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.


After reviewing the numbers on HPIC’s website report, and looking at its results, it’s my opinion that the organization accomplishes massive results with the financial compensation it receives. As mentioned in the first blog post, since HPIC’s first project in 1990, over 20,000,000 people have been treated with over $500 million in medicines and medical supplied throughout 110 different countries! Last year alone, HPIC was able to treat over 800,000 people with the close to $20m of medical relief shipped 1.6 million treatments provided. In regards to measuring the charity’s effectiveness, I think it could be beneficial to look at other massive health-based charities and evaluate their success measures based on the financial aid and medical aid provided in emergency situations. It is important to consider that this organization is based in Canada and provides not only health relief for Canadians but also does the majority of its medical work across seas in third world country. The costs also of money to ship materials and doctors to provide the relief efforts these third-world countries require.
In conclusion, it is my opinion that HPIC does have acceptable levels of overhead for a not-for-profit charitiable organizaation.

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