Women's Shelters Canada / Hébergement femmes Canada
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·300 - 130 ALBERT ST · OTTAWA, ON · K1P 5G4·BN 840989933RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
94¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
6%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
2.6 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$3.1M
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 Women's Shelters Canada?
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Is Women's Shelters Canada a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 840989933RR0001. 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 Women's Shelters Canada located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 300 - 130 ALBERT ST, OTTAWA, ON, K1P 5G4. Source.
What does Women's Shelters Canada do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Knowledge Exchange: We facilitate the creation and implementation of new ideas and practices to meet the needs of shelters and the women and children they serve. Through coordinated working groups virtual work spaces research and publications we connect knowledgeable and dedicated individuals from coast to coast to…" Full program description.
How much of Women's Shelters Canada's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 94¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Women's Shelters Canada?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $3.1M (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
Knowledge Exchange: We facilitate the creation and implementation of new ideas and practices to meet the needs of shelters and the women and children they serve. Through coordinated working groups virtual work spaces research and publications we connect knowledgeable and dedicated individuals from coast to coast to coast. Public Education: to educate the public via our annual survey of shelters and the publication of Shelter Voices and manage sheltersafe.ca an online tool which provides a lifeline to women at any time of day or night. The site includes a clickable map of over 550 shelters … Show more
Knowledge Exchange: We facilitate the creation and implementation of new ideas and practices to meet the needs of shelters and the women and children they serve. Through coordinated working groups virtual work spaces research and publications we connect knowledgeable and dedicated individuals from coast to coast to coast. Public Education: to educate the public via our annual survey of shelters and the publication of Shelter Voices and manage sheltersafe.ca an online tool which provides a lifeline to women at any time of day or night. The site includes a clickable map of over 550 shelters across Canada with their web site and 24 hour help line. Provide information via e-newsletter & social media and through our techsafety.ca site. Research: We carry out research on the work and priorities of violence against women shelters via surveys sent directly to shelters. The analysis of these surveys are made available to the public via reports posted on our web site. Second Stage Transitional Housing New Build Project: We offer development services to underserved organizations that are interested in creating new second stage transitional housing. Through this project WSC will assist up to 16 second stage transitional housing new build projects over four years (2022-2026).
New programs
Shelter Ready Fund: WSC created the Shelter Ready Fund a program offering grants directly to shelters to financially support VAW shelters and transition houses.
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.
94¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 94¢ 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 94¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
6%
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
2.6 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)$3.1M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)4%
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
4%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
57%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
39%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $843K | 87¢ | 12% | 1.2 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $861K | 89¢ | 11% | 1.4 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $37.1M | 99¢ | 1% | 1.3 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $23.5M | 50¢ | 2% | 6.1 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $68.5M | 95¢ | 5% | 1.9 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $3.1M | 94¢ | 6% | 2.6 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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Board of directors
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- Ham, Marlenearm's length
- Wybrow, BeverleyTreasurerarm's length
- Muzaffar, SaadiaPublic Directorarm's length
- FitzGerald, Amyarm's length
- Young, JuliePublic Directorarm's length
- Mahingen, NolaPublic Directorarm's length
- Brock, Deenaarm's length
- Parsons, Michellearm's length
- Meades, Danielarm's length
- Trou, MathildeSecretaryarm's length
- Muvingi, Tsungaiarm'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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