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Accountability

Our commitment to our social mission

Me to We is a social enterprise that measures the bottom line by the number of lives we change, the positive social and environmental impacts we make, and the in-kind and cash donations we make to Free The Children. We offer better choices for a better world. We are innovative, inspirational and intent on changing the world. But that’s not all we are. We value integrity and accountability.

To that end, Me to We is...

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...accountable

Me to We is independently reviewed each year by Kestenberg Rabinowicz Partners LLP to ensure annual donation amounts are met. All practices and transactions are independently reviewed on a regular basis. Me to We has a donation agreement prepared by Torys LLP and agreed to by respective boards of directors. Both boards of directors ensure that Me to We is living up to its mission to help Free The Children achieve its goals.

...celebrated for its model

Me to We has been recognized by many prestigious awards for its model of social entrepreneurship. One of the most notable honours is the national Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award, which recognizes how Me to We has been able to use business practices to redefine a triple bottom line.

...doing what Free The Children cannot

Free The Children faces varying restrictions on how it can operate as a registered charity in Canada, the United States and other countries, limiting its scope and scale to sell products, provide advocacy or empowerment programs, or offer services like international volunteer travel. Me to We, as a separate and distinct social enterprise, is able to do all of this and more.

...recognized by experts

Jason Saul, CEO of Mission Measurement, did an independent eight month review of the organization and his findings said, “What I found most impressive is the Me to We business model: the organization is designed to be financially self-sufficient by using market-based strategies to advance important social outcomes. I think that Me to We should serve as an exemplar for how to generate economic value by advancing a social mission.”

...efficient

Me to We keeps its costs as low as possible. All salaries of Me to We employees in North America are in line with Imagine Canada results of the Canadian charitable sector compensation study as well as that of Charity Navigator in the United States.

...independently reviewed and evaluated

Me to We and Free The Children asked a retired Canadian Supreme Court justice in 2011 to independently review the organizations and the relationship between them, the role of their founders and governance model. Both organizations were issued an unqualified laudatory report.