Nellie's
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.
89%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 89 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Nellie's:
Nellie's is a 4-star, financially transparent charity. Its results reporting score is B-, which is below average. Its overhead spending is within Ci’s reasonable range. Its reserve funds can cover one year and five months of annual program costs.
Founded in 1973, Nellie’s, formally named Women's Hostels Incorporated, was one of the first women’s shelters in Toronto. Nellie’s is a community-based charity that protects women and children who are victims of domestic abuse. It is also a feminist advocacy organization and fights racism and oppression. Nellie’s has 38 beds.
Nellie's has two main programs: Shelter and Housing Support, and Outreach. The charity does not provide a program spending breakdown.
Shelter and Housing Support houses women and children escaping violence, poverty, and homelessness. It also operates a crisis help line and provides referrals and food. Individuals may stay up to four months, with the average stay length being 4 months in F2023. A total of 81 women and 61 children stayed at Nellie’s in F2023. An additional 104 women received housing support.
Outreach focusses on social justice advocacy. It highlights prevention and awareness of women’s abuse. In F2023, Nellie’s taught 297 unique participants. The charity also presented at an event for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. It delivered a presentation about gender-based violence.
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Results and Impact
Nellie's reports that the average length of stay at its shelter is four months.
This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
Nellie’s received $1.5m in donations in F2023. It also received $2.6m in government funding, representing 57% of revenue. Administrative costs are 5% of revenues. Fundraising costs are 6% of donations. Total overhead spending is 11%. This is within Ci’s reasonable range. For every dollar donated, 89 cents are available to go to the cause.
The charity has $3.5m in reserve funds. This can cover one year and five months of annual program costs.
In its T3010 filing with the CRA, Nellie’s does not report its payments to 61 part-time staff. Without this information, it is not accurate to calculate its average full-time salary, so Ci calculated the average full-time and part-time salary instead.
This report is an update that has been sent to Nellie's. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on June 10, 2024 by Stellar Zhang.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
|
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 4.8% | 6.1% | 1.5% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 6.1% | 6.5% | 6.5% |
| Total overhead spending | 10.8% | 12.6% | 8.0% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 139.4% | 92.9% | 108.5% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 1,465,757 | 1,467,901 | 1,587,638 |
| Government funding | 2,595,530 | 2,578,017 | 6,573,590 |
| Investment income | 109,341 | 45,324 | 1,148 |
| Other income | 395,659 | (25,613) | 104,214 |
| Total revenues | 4,566,287 | 4,065,629 | 8,266,590 |
| Program costs | 2,519,472 | 3,384,765 | 3,027,482 |
| Administrative costs | 211,679 | 246,950 | 124,723 |
| Fundraising costs | 88,775 | 95,087 | 103,045 |
| Total spending | 2,819,927 | 3,726,802 | 3,255,250 |
| Cash flow from operations | 1,746,360 | 338,827 | 5,011,340 |
| Capital spending | 62,128 | 990,627 | 3,950,130 |
| Funding reserves | 3,510,950 | 3,145,006 | 3,285,879 |
Note: Ci adjusted for deferred contributions within other revenue, affecting total revenue by $396k in F2023, $26k in F2022, and $104k in F2021. Ci adjusted for deferred capital contributions, affecting revenues by $243k in F2023, $nil in F2022, and $3.9m in F2021. Ci subtracted outlays from the Mary Pritchard Fund, affecting expenses by $nil in F2023, $750 in F2022, and $1k in F2021. Ci reported Nellie's fundraising costs using its T3010 filing with the CRA. To report on a cash basis, Ci backed out amortization from program, administration, and fundraising costs on a pro-rata basis.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
3 |
$40k - $80k |
6 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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