Cornerstone Housing For Women / Le pilier logements pour femmes
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·314 BOOTH STREET · OTTAWA, ON · K1R 7K2·BN 837258854RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
84¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
16%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.8 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$11.3M
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 Cornerstone Housing For Women?
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Is Cornerstone Housing For Women a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 837258854RR0001. 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 Cornerstone Housing For Women located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 314 BOOTH STREET, OTTAWA, ON, K1R 7K2. Source.
What does Cornerstone Housing For Women do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Cornerstone provides shelter to 165 women and supportive housing to 148 women across our five housing communities in Ottawa. To provide emergency shelter affordable housing and support services to women at risk of homelessness; to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the charitable programs of the…" Full program description.
How much of Cornerstone Housing For Women's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 84¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Cornerstone Housing For Women?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $11.3M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $10M–$100M revenue band, alongside 1,776 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Cornerstone provides shelter to 165 women and supportive housing to 148 women across our five housing communities in Ottawa. To provide emergency shelter affordable housing and support services to women at risk of homelessness; to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the charitable programs of the Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa of the Anglican Church of Canada a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada) by providing and maintaining property and facilities for this purpose and by providing management services thereto; to receive maintain manage and invest … Show more
Cornerstone provides shelter to 165 women and supportive housing to 148 women across our five housing communities in Ottawa. To provide emergency shelter affordable housing and support services to women at risk of homelessness; to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the charitable programs of the Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa of the Anglican Church of Canada a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada) by providing and maintaining property and facilities for this purpose and by providing management services thereto; to receive maintain manage and invest a fund or funds and to apply from time to time all or part thereof and the income earned therefrom from time to time for the benefit of the corporation and the Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa of the Anglican Church of Canada.
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.
84¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 84¢ 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; 89¢ among those its size ($10M–$100M).
this charity 84¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗ · what this means
0.8 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 ($10M–$100M, 1,776): median 0.4 yr; 53% 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)$11.3M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)10%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
57%
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
10%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
57%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
32%
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 | $5.6M | 85¢ | 15% | 0.9 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $6.4M | 80¢ | 18% | 0.9 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $8.3M | 83¢ | 17% | 0.9 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $6.9M | 83¢ | 17% | 1.1 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $6.7M | 79¢ | 21% | 1.2 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $11.3M | 84¢ | 16% | 0.8 yr |
| trend |
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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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Figures per each charity's F2024 T3010 · self-reported, not audited by us · ✱= that filing's expense lines don't reconcile · open a profile for sources and caveats.
Board of directors
23 directors reported · 23 of 23at arm's length
- Hassard, PatriciaChairarm's length
- Holzman, MarkChairarm's length
- Martin, PeterTreasurerarm's length
- Belohoubek, BarbDirectorarm's length
- Black, KatieDirectorarm's length
- Eusebio, KaraDirectorarm's length
- Bain, DeidreDirectorarm's length
- Grover, SanjayDirectorarm's length
- Chaplin, AnnSecretaryarm's length
- Lemaire, MargaretDirectorarm's length
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- Pilat-Riches, RimmaDirectorarm's length
- Robertson, JennaDirectorarm's length
- Laryea, KristalynDirectorarm's length
- Davis, SarahExecutive Directorarm's length
- Sunderaeson, ArashanaDirectorarm's length
- Khaliq, YasminVice-Chairarm's length
- Laidlaw, MaryDirectorarm's length
- Boone, KatieDirectorarm's length
- Harvey, AngelaDirectorarm's length
- Faught, CarolynDirectorarm's length
- Garden, Mary-CateDirectorarm's length
- Scotti, SusanDirectorarm's length
- Symonds, Garth-MatthewDirectorarm'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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