DRESS FOR SUCCESS OTTAWA NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·P100 - 1620 SCOTT ST · OTTAWA, ON · K1Y 4S7·BN 809607658RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Providing professional wear to job-ready economically disadvantaged women for interview purposes and or start-up wardrobe if employed. Clients are referred by Ottawa area referral agencies. Volunteers provide services although booking is handled by staff. Dress rehearsal: Mock interviews program for job-ready economically disadvantaged women to prepare for interviews. Interviewers are all volunteers.
New programs
None
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)84¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 84¢ 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)16%
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)0.5 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)$550K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)18%
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)12%
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 | $346K | 66¢ | 34% | 0.6 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $405K | 75¢ | 25% | 1 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $428K | 88¢ | 12% | 1 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $502K | 88¢ | 12% | 1 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $506K | 93¢ | 7% | 0.4 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $550K | 84¢ | 16% | 0.5 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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Board of directors
17 directors reported · 17 of 17at arm's length
- Andrews, RhiannonChairarm's length
- Guibord, JoseeVice Chairarm's length
- Bloskie, MeganTreasurerarm's length
- Crotty, ErinSecretaryarm's length
- Thompson, KaishaDirectorarm's length
- Pellegrin, MichelleDirectorarm's length
- Corcino, LynetteDirectorarm's length
- Noronha, StaceyDirectorarm's length
- Omage, GladysSecretaryarm's length
- MacDonald, KristaDirectorarm's length
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- Kattar, VandanaDirectorarm's length
- Cumming, DeborahDirectorarm's length
- Trainor, RochelleDirectorarm's length
- Vieira, SabrinaDirectorarm's length
- Thibodeau, JoseeDirectorarm's length
- Tibbo, EmmaDirectorarm's length
- Crabtree, SusannahDirectorarm'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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