Weston King Neighbourhood Centre
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✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
D+
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.
95%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 95 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Weston King Neighbourhood Centre:
Weston King Neighbourhood Centre is a 2-star charity. It has a D+ results reporting grade, which is below average. Its overhead spending is within Ci’s reasonable range and it has reserve funds to cover less than two months of its annual program costs.
Founded in 2001, Weston King Neighbourhood Centre (WKNC) provides essential support for the Weston and Mount Dennis communities in Toronto. It has two locations: the Weston King Neighbourhood Centre (WKNC) and the Mount Dennis Neighbourhood Centre (MDNC). The MDNC is temporarily closed at the time of this report. WKNC has two programs: Drop-In Program and Advocacy Department.
WKNC offers several services through its Drop-In Program. It offers daily free meal services Monday through Saturday. In 2023, WKNC served 51,000 meals, averaging 140 meals per day. WKNC also gives out groceries on Tuesdays. In 2023, it distributed 5,000 grocery bags. WKNC offers free laundry and shower services. It had 840 shower and laundry machine visits in 2023. Weston King Neighbourhood Centre expanded its social programming in 2023. It offers weekly in-person events, including Women’s Group, Senior’s Art Group, and leisure activities. WKNC also worked with its partners to organize onsite clinics. These included monthly vaccination clinics, bi-weekly nursing clinics, and weekly legal and ID clinics.
In 2023, WKNC’s Housing Help Program became the Advocacy Department. WKNC reports that it lost funding to support housing placement. It now focuses on referring drop-in clients to available supports through this program. The program aims to help participants secure safe and affordable housing. In 2023, WKNC had 525 housing appointments, averaging 44 per month. The Advocacy Department also engages in other forms of advocacy its participants need. In 2023, WKNC sent 920 emails, letters, and phone calls on behalf of participants. WKNC made 575 referrals to other services including settlement, foodbanks, and harm reduction in 2023.
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Results and Impact
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Finances
Weston King Neighbourhood Centre is a small-sized charity in terms of donations. It received $103k in donations in 2023. WKNC also received $459k (48% of total revenue) in government funding in 2023. It received $390k (41% of total revenue) in donated goods in-kind. Donated goods in-kind in 2023 consisted of 112,742 pounds of food. Administrative costs are 5% of total revenue and the charity reported no fundraising costs in 2023. Overhead spending is 5%, which is within Ci’s reasonable range. For every dollar donated, 95 cents are available for the cause. Excluding the value of donated goods in-kind received and used in programs, WKNC spent $477k on its programs (84% of total revenue).
In 2023, Weston King Neighbourhood Centre had a surplus of $43k and reported no spending on capital expenditures.
At the end of 2023, WKNC has $67k in reserve funds. This is enough to cover 14% or less than two months of its annual program costs.
This charity profile is an update that was sent to Weston King Neighbourhood Centre for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on July 17, 2024 by Thea Clark.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
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2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 5.3% | 4.9% | 6.3% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Total overhead spending | 5.3% | 4.9% | 6.3% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 14.1% | 13.9% | 12.2% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 102,548 | 118,060 | 105,321 |
| Goods in kind | 390,417 | 403,072 | 285,094 |
| Government funding | 458,591 | 474,409 | 360,299 |
| Other income | 9,985 | 13,602 | 2,077 |
| Total revenues | 961,541 | 1,009,143 | 752,791 |
| Program costs | 477,202 | 532,322 | 492,841 |
| Administrative costs | 51,138 | 48,945 | 47,478 |
| Fundraising costs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total spending | 918,757 | 984,339 | 825,413 |
| Cash flow from operations | 42,784 | 24,804 | (72,622) |
| Capital spending | 0 | 0 | 3,533 |
| Funding reserves | 67,247 | 74,183 | 59,905 |
Note: DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS EARNED: To report on a cash basis, Ci removed deferred capital contributions earned from revenue. This affected total revenue by $nil in 2023, ($7k) in 2022, and ($4k) in 2021. DEFERRED REVENUE: The charity uses deferred accounting. To show donors this information on a consistent basis, Ci adjusted for deferred revenue. In 2023, deferred revenue consisted of only government grants and was included in government revenue. In 2022 and 2021, deferred revenue consisted of a mix of government and non-government grants and was included in other revenue. This affected total revenue by $16k in 2023, ($10k) in 2022, and ($18k) in 2021.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
0 |
$40k - $80k |
2 |
< $40k |
8 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022
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