Welcome Hall Mission
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
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.
69%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 69 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Welcome Hall Mission:
Welcome Hall Mission is a three-star charity. It has a low results reporting grade and is financially transparent.
Founded in 1892, Welcome Hall Mission / Mission Bon Accueil (WHM) works to reduce homelessness and poverty in Montreal. Its services support homeless people, single mothers, low-income families, and at-risk youth. WHM’s main charitable programs are Support & Care, Food, and Family.
In F2022, the Support and Care program received 74% of spending. This program mainly provides emergency shelter for those in need. In F2022, Welcome Hall Mission provided 140,000 nights of safe shelter for 5,876 different people. This program also includes addiction support, long-term housing, employment workshops, and parenting classes.
In F2022, the Food program made up 20% of total spending. This program provides healthy meals to people in need. In F2022, Welcome Hall Mission served over 270,000 meals. WHM also leads Marché Bon Accueil, a free grocery store. This store had over 85,000 visits in F2022.
In F2022, the Family program received the remaining 6% of spending. This program provides legal support, job workshops, tutoring, healthcare, and an overnight camp for low-income families. In F2022, WHM’s dental clinic had 3,200 visits. The charity also gave school supplies to 1,900 children.
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Results and Impact
In F2022, Welcome Hall Mission helped 237 people successfully transition into permanent housing. The charity’s food program rescued over 1.5 million kilograms of food from landfills.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Welcome Hall Mission’s results and impact. This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
In F2022, Welcome Hall Mission received $9.7m in Canadian donations and $10.8m in donated goods. It also received $8.8m in government funding (29% of total revenue). Administrative costs and fundraising costs are not reported separately on WHM’s audited financial statements, so Ci used the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA to report these costs. Administrative costs are 4% of revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs are 28% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 31%. For every dollar donated, 69 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
Welcome Hall Mission has $4.5m in net funding reserves ($10.1m in liquid assets less $5.3m in interest-bearing debts) which can cover annual program costs for around four months. If donated goods in-kind are included, the charity’s funding reserves could cover around two months of program costs.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Welcome Hall Mission for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on June 12, 2023 by Clive Stevens.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending September
|
2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 3.6% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 27.8% | 33.9% | 13.2% |
| Total overhead spending | 31.4% | 36.6% | 16.0% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 35.1% | 36.1% | 27.9% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 9,742 | 7,436 | 10,695 |
| Goods in kind | 10,832 | 12,863 | 10,915 |
| Government funding | 8,787 | 11,452 | 5,857 |
| Fees for service | 1,129 | 1,080 | 1,029 |
| Business activities (net) | 0 | 7 | 193 |
| Investment income | (175) | 872 | 391 |
| Total revenues | 30,315 | 33,711 | 29,079 |
| Program costs | 13,555 | 15,114 | 10,868 |
| Donated goods exp | 12,150 | 14,146 | 10,097 |
| Administrative costs | 1,098 | 897 | 826 |
| Fundraising costs | 2,712 | 2,519 | 1,407 |
| Other costs | 190 | 199 | 216 |
| Total spending | 29,705 | 32,874 | 23,414 |
| Cash flow from operations | 610 | 836 | 5,665 |
| Capital spending | 102 | 285 | 97 |
| Funding reserves | 4,755 | 5,456 | 3,030 |
Note: To report on a cash basis, Ci adjusted donations by changes in deferred revenue from non-government sources. This affected revenues by $182k in F2022, ($2.0m) in F2021, and ($2.1m) in F2020. Ci also adjusted donations in deferred revenue from government sources. This affected revenues by $281k in F2022, $669k in F2021, and ($121k) in F2020. Ci reported administrative and fundraising costs from the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA. Ci backed out the value of donated merchandise used in programs from program costs and listed it separately as donated goods expenses. Ci has adjusted for reserve expenses, affecting total expenses by ($5k) in F2022, ($5k) in F2021, and ($14k) in F2020.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
4 |
$40k - $80k |
5 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022
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