YWCA TORONTO
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·87 ELM ST · TORONTO, ON · M5G 0A8·BN 108229865RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
YWCA works to transform the lives of women girls and gender diverse people who face systemic violence discrimination and poverty in Toronto by operating: -Housing programs including transitional housing for women and children experiencing homelessness violence against women shelters homeless shelters and permanent affordable and supportive housing -Employment and training programs including immigrant settlement labour access life skills training English language development pre-apprenticeship training and employment services -Early childhood education centre -Leadership training for… Show more
YWCA works to transform the lives of women girls and gender diverse people who face systemic violence discrimination and poverty in Toronto by operating: -Housing programs including transitional housing for women and children experiencing homelessness violence against women shelters homeless shelters and permanent affordable and supportive housing -Employment and training programs including immigrant settlement labour access life skills training English language development pre-apprenticeship training and employment services -Early childhood education centre -Leadership training for girls and youth including a subsidized summer camp program -Family support programs such as Teen Moms and Here to Help program for women and gender diverse people who have escaped violence -December 6 Fund which provides interest-free revolving loans to survivors of violence -Case management support services and housing for women and gender diverse people who experience mental health issues and/or substance abuse. A housing program in Parkdale in partnership with Neighbourhood Land Trust to provide permanent and supportive housing for women women-led families and gender diverse people.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)87¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 87¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)13%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.3 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$46.1M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)3%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)68%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $35.8M | 85¢ | 15% | 0.4 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $36.1M | 87¢ | 13% | 0.4 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $39.3M | 87¢ | 13% | 0.4 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $42.4M | 88¢ | 12% | 0.3 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $46.6M | 87¢ | 13% | 0.3 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $46.1M | 87¢ | 13% | 0.3 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★★
Charity Intelligence's 0–5 star overall rating.
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceA
How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceGood
Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.
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Board of directors
18 directors reported · 17 of 18at arm's length
- Davies, RichelDirectorarm's length
- Debnath, PriyankaDirectorarm's length
- Kovacs, Lee-AnneTreasurerarm's length
- Yaffe, SarahPresidentarm's length
- Fowler, MeganDirectorarm's length
- Genus, UchenwaMember at Largearm's length
- Milne, CatherineVice Presidentarm's length
- Sahdev, SoniaVice-Presidentarm's length
- Choi, Eun YoungDirectorarm's length
- Kamalakaran, SobigaDirectorarm's length
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- King, LorrieDirectorarm's length
- Lotia, FatemaSecretaryarm's length
- Saeed, NabaDirectorarm's length
- Graver, AniskaDirectorarm's length
- James-Maxwell, DarcieDirectorarm's length
- McGoey, JenniferDirector
- Russell, CarrieDirectorarm's length
- Yousif, MiraajDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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