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
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)94¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 94¢ 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)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 ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)2.6 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)$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 ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)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 ↗
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 |
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
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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