Red Door Family Shelter is a three-star financially transparent charity with a Fair demonstrated impact score. It has a B+ results reporting grade, which is above average. For every dollar donated to the charity, 71 cents are available to go to the cause.

Founded in 1982, Red Door Family Shelter (Red Door) provides housing to both children and families in its two emergency shelters. Red Door also runs both a food bank and moving program. Its moving program provides furniture, household items, and other material goods for families moving out of its shelters. According to the charity, families living independently after staying at a Red Door shelter pay more than 54% of income on rent and 45% of the charity’s current residents are women fleeing domestic violence. The charity runs two programs: shelters and other programs (food bank and moving program). The charity spent $5.9m on its programs in the fiscal year ending March 2023 (F2023).

Shelter programs was the majority of the charity’s program spending and include both its emergency shelters and youth services. The charity offers after school recreational programs, violence prevention workshops, and other youth services at its shelters. Red Door’s two 161 bed shelters (total beds between its two shelters) serve families referred by police service, Central Family Intake, and other agencies. In F2023, Red Door housed 135 families including 278 children and 171 adults. According to the charity, 45%, 30%, and 25% of families at its shelters fled domestic violence, are refugees, or stayed for other reasons respectively.

Other programs was the minority of the charity’s program spending and include its food bank and moving program. The charity reported 2,779 visits to its food bank in F2023. Red Door’s moving program helps families transition out of its shelters by reducing moving costs. It specifically pays for private moving services, furniture, and other essential products families need when moving. In F2023, Red Door provided this service to 163 families.

In F2023, Red Door Family Shelter received $1.3m in donations, representing a 50% decrease from $2.6m donations in F2022. The charity also received $5.8m in government funding which is 79% of total revenues in F2023. Administrative costs are 6% of revenues and fundraising costs are 23% of donations. This results in 29% total overhead spending, meaning that for every dollar donated, 71 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

In F2023, Red Door spent $5.9m on its programs which is 81% of revenues. The charity also has a $643k cash surplus. This is a 70% decrease from its $2.2m cash surplus in F2022.

At the end of F2023, Red Door had $6.6m in reserve funds (cash and investments) which covers 111% or slightly over one year of its annual program spending.

Profile updated by Julian Dranitsaris on July 17, 2024.