FRIENDS OF RUBY
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·400 - 70 RICHMOND ST E · TORONTO, ON · M5C 1N8·BN 709180889RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
69¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
31%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.7 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$5.7M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Friends of Ruby?
You can search for it on CanadaHelps or give directly through its own website. Charity Compass never handles your money — we only link out to where you can give.
Is Friends of Ruby a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 709180889RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Friends of Ruby located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 400 - 70 RICHMOND ST E, TORONTO, ON, M5C 1N8. Source.
What does Friends of Ruby do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Friends of Ruby is dedicated to the progressive well-being of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth through social services and housing. Our services and programs are led and facilitated by 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals informed by 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth and grounded in evidence and research. We are committed to creating welcoming and safer spaces…" Full program description.
How much of Friends of Ruby's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 69¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Friends of Ruby?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $5.7M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Friends of Ruby is dedicated to the progressive well-being of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth through social services and housing. Our services and programs are led and facilitated by 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals informed by 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth and grounded in evidence and research. We are committed to creating welcoming and safer spaces and to delivering and promoting wellbeing comprehensively including mental health housing wellness education employment inclusion and prevention through activities that meet LGBTQI2S Youth needs. Friends of Ruby Youth Centre provides support through drop-in services five … Show more
Friends of Ruby is dedicated to the progressive well-being of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth through social services and housing. Our services and programs are led and facilitated by 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals informed by 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth and grounded in evidence and research. We are committed to creating welcoming and safer spaces and to delivering and promoting wellbeing comprehensively including mental health housing wellness education employment inclusion and prevention through activities that meet LGBTQI2S Youth needs. Friends of Ruby Youth Centre provides support through drop-in services five days a week to 2SLGBTQIA+ youth aged 16-29 providing mental health supports through crisis appointments and counselling in-person and by phone chat and/or virtual conference. Our case managers provide support with multiple practical needs such as education employment settlement etc. all told supporting over 450 youth per year. Friends of Ruby Home is our new transitional home in Toronto opened for occupancy in December 2020 that provides housing wrap-around support and mental health support for 33 2SLGBTQIA+ youth. The space was designed after comprehensive consultation with youth from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to provide a warm welcoming space that facilitates the varied needs of each resident’s personal journey of support. The facility is accessible energy efficient and pet-friendly.
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
69¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 69¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
this charity 69¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
31%
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 ↗ · what this means
0.7 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$5.7M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)26%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
49%
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
26%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
49%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
25%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 | $8.5M | 90¢ | 10% | 1.7 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $10.0M | 72¢ | 28% | 1.6 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $6.6M | 77¢ | 23% | 1.3 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $4.7M | 74¢ | 26% | 1.1 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $5.4M | 71¢ | 28% | 0.9 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $5.7M | 69¢ | 31% | 0.7 yr |
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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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
13 directors reported · 13 of 13at arm's length
- Boniferro, PaulDirectorarm's length
- Clark, EdmundBoard Chairarm's length
- Hambly, KeithDirectorarm's length
- Lang, MalcolmTreasurerarm's length
- McCain, JenVice Chairarm's length
- McCain, Martha LADirectorarm's length
- Meade, Catherine LSecretaryarm's length
- Reycraft, DavidDirectorarm's length
- Sheikh, Sheerin ADirectorarm's length
- Smith, Brian FCDirectorarm's length
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- Smith, Marianne MDirectorarm's length
- Tsuji, AndreaDirectorarm's length
- Sookermany, NadineDirectorarm'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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