WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre
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B-
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
n/r
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
73%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 73 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre:
Founded in 1982 in Vancouver, BC, WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre (WAVAW) provides services to women, Two-Spirit, trans and/or non-binary victims of sexualized violence. It also advocates for social and systemic change on sexual violence and justice for survivors. WAVAW’s main programs are counselling services, victim services, an inclusion program, and a justice project.
Counselling Services made up 32% of program costs in F2020. Counselling services include sexual assault counselling, inclusion counselling, Indigenous counselling, and counselling for families of MMIWG2S (Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2-Spirit People). In F2020, the counselling program had 208 new referrals and 900 one-on-one counselling sessions. WAVAW had 64 group support sessions and 195 group support sessions at one of its partner organizations.
Victim Services made up 28% of program costs in F2020. WAVAW offers a 24-hour crisis and information line, hospital and police accompaniments, and support in court. In F2020, WAVAW received 2,720 crisis line calls (1,386 daytime calls and 1,334 after-hours calls). It also reported 90 hospital accompaniments and 29 police accompaniments. WAVAW spent 93 hours supporting survivors in court.
The Inclusion Program made up 19% of program costs in F2020. The Inclusion Program focuses on working with and healing transgender survivors. In F2020, as part of the Inclusion Project, WAVAW published its first zine which detailed experiences of sexual violence in queer communities.
The Justice Project made up 11% of program spending in F2020. The Justice Project explores what justice means to survivors and alternative forms of justice for survivors who choose not to use the criminal justice system.
Other programs include volunteer and educational outreach (7% of program costs) and hospital accompaniment program (3%).
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Results and Impact
In F2020, WAVAW intervened against Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) at the Supreme Court of Canada in coalition with Atira Women’s Resource Society and Battered Women’s Support Services. Its submission argued that defamation lawsuits will prevent survivors from reporting violence and will force victims of gender-based violence to relive their trauma.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre’s results and impact. This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre received donations of $844k and government funding of $877k in F2020. Administrative costs are 13% of revenues and fundraising costs are 14% of donations. This results in overhead spending of 27%. For every dollar donated, 73 cents go to the cause, which falls within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
WAVAW has $818k in funding reserves which could cover around six months of annual program costs.
WAVAW used external fundraisers in F2020. The charity paid $39k to raise $118k from external fundraisers for a cost of 33 cents per dollar raised.
Charity Intelligence has sent this profile update to WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on June 30, 2021, by Shira Wine.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
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2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 13.4% | 9.8% | 6.5% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 14.0% | 16.4% | 37.2% |
| Total overhead spending | 27.4% | 26.1% | 43.7% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 52.4% | 61.9% | 59.5% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 843,707 | 1,273,837 | 1,123,298 |
| Government funding | 876,604 | 968,656 | 682,418 |
| Other income | 19,617 | 8,383 | 2,060 |
| Total revenues | 1,739,928 | 2,250,876 | 1,807,776 |
| Program costs | 1,560,248 | 1,518,917 | 1,146,699 |
| Grants | 0 | 0 | 21,950 |
| Administrative costs | 233,682 | 219,683 | 116,813 |
| Fundraising costs | 117,703 | 208,662 | 418,283 |
| Total spending | 1,911,633 | 1,947,262 | 1,703,745 |
| Cash flow from operations | (171,705) | 303,614 | 104,031 |
| Capital spending | 2,615 | 15,325 | 40,593 |
| Funding reserves | 817,788 | 940,326 | 695,918 |
Note: Ci reported program, administrative, and fundraising costs from the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA. Ci removed amortization on a pro-rata basis in F2019 and F2018.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
1 |
$40k - $80k |
9 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2020
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