OUT ON THE SHELF INC.
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·42 CARDEN ST · GUELPH, ON · N1H 3A2·BN 816855159RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
This charity filed the simplified return, so some figures can't be computed. Fewer numbers, never invented ones.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
During this fiscal period we continued our library operations our two Guelph Pride Festivals (February 2024 and June 2024) and our ongoing social programs including: virtual gaymes night in-person gaymes night and our monthly crafting night.
New programs
During this fiscal period we received new funding from Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) with the federal government of Canada for a project titled Transcendence Guelph-Wellington: 2SLGBTQIA+ Education and Empowerment Training and Resources or The Transcendence Project for short. This project is focused on developing and test piloting educational workshops and resources for service providers within the region and queer community members. These resources are focused on making services more accessible for queer people and improving queer people's self-advocacy and support skills. In addition … Show more
During this fiscal period we received new funding from Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) with the federal government of Canada for a project titled Transcendence Guelph-Wellington: 2SLGBTQIA+ Education and Empowerment Training and Resources or The Transcendence Project for short. This project is focused on developing and test piloting educational workshops and resources for service providers within the region and queer community members. These resources are focused on making services more accessible for queer people and improving queer people's self-advocacy and support skills. In addition we are developing resources that outline services and events for queer people in the area and resources outlining the queer history of the Guelph-Wellington region.
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)—
Not computable from this filing.
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)—
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)—
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)$115K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
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)72%
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 | $34K | 90¢ | 10% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $25K | 77¢ | 23% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $26K | 96¢ | 4% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $11K | 63¢ | 37% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $19K | 22¢ | 78% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $115K | — | — | — |
| 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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
16 directors reported · 16 of 16at arm's length
- Moore, BarryChairarm's length
- Wilson, MeganVice-Chairarm's length
- Soares, MelodyTreasurerarm's length
- Gillies, TaylorGuelph Pride Chairarm's length
- Harwood, CasSecretaryarm's length
- Favarro, ShyanneProgramming Chairarm's length
- Danny, LepageMarketing Chairarm's length
- Swain, MarianProgramming Co-Chairarm's length
- Smith, HildaFinance Co-Chairarm's length
- Barnes, KristianFinance Co-Chairarm's length
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- McGowan, BlakeChairarm's length
- Murray, MarijkeLibrary Co-Chairarm's length
- Heaney, GriffinLibrary Co-Chairarm's length
- Litner, BenGuelph Pride Co-Chairarm's length
- Cready, CharlieMarketing Chairarm's length
- Lucier, ElizabethProgramming Co-Chairarm'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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