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Dartmouth, NS B3A 2N8
Executive Director: Jill Trites
Board Chair: Sara Colbourne

Charitable Reg. #:11929 8693 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 3/5]

✔+

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.

C+

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 Alice House:

Alice House is a three-star financially transparent charity with a below average C+ results reporting grade. It has reasonable overhead spending and a reasonably sized reserve fund. For every dollar donated, 89 cents are available to go to the cause.

Founded in 1983, Alice House helps women and children escape physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. It offers 18 subsidized housing units across Halifax to victims of partner violence where rents depend on the client’s income. These units are equipped with alarms and security cameras which protect residents from their abuser. Alice House also runs trauma-focused support sessions, an online course covering relationship red flags, and gives presentations on partner violence across Nova Scotia.

Alice House runs four programs: housing, counselling, its Alice on the Go online course, and domestic violence prevention workshops. The charity did not report how much it spent each of these programs on either its website or most recent annual report. Alice House spent $1.0m on its programs in the fiscal year ending in March 2024 (F2024).

Housing is Alice House’s main program and includes the charity’s operating expenses associated with running its 18 subsidized housing units. During F2024, the charity housed 61 unique individuals (27 women and 34 children). Alice House also renovated five of its units and installed 18 new security alarm systems during F2024.

Counselling involves helping women and children address past trauma based on each client’s needs. The charity led over 300 sessions tailored to children and over 200 sessions structured towards parents during F2024. Alice House also launched Mother’s Support Group – a weekly counselling sessions designed for new mothers.

The charity's online course is a six-week class focused on preventing domestic violence called Alice on the Go. According to the charity, this course helps women identify relationship warning signs that lead to domestic violence. Alice House added three new learning modules to this course during F2024.

Prevention workshops include presentations given by Alice House across Nova Scotia covering partner violence prevention. The charity gave 66 presentations during F2024.

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Results and Impact

Since Alice House provided 61 unique clients shelter and rents out 18 units, around three people live in each unit on average. The charity helped 61 people escape domestic violence in F2024.

While Ci highlights these key results, they may not completely represent Alice House’s results and impact.

Ci has not yet rated Alice House on demonstrated impact per dollar spent (n/r). This does not affect the charity’s star rating.

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Finances

Alice House has become financially transparent in F2024. This means its audited financial statements are now posted on its website.

The charity’s financials follow line-item costing, meaning its expenses are not clearly defined between program, administrative, and fundraising categories. This is against financial reporting best practices.

During F2024, Alice House received $688k worth of donations which is 52% of total revenue and an 8% increase from $638k donations received during F2023. The charity also received $381k worth of government grants, representing 29% of total revenue.

Administrative costs are 10% of total revenue and fundraising costs are 1% of donations. This means Alice House’s overhead spending is 11%. For every dollar donated, 89 cents are available to go to the cause.

The charity spent $1.0m on its programs during F2024, a 14% increase from $893k spent during F2023. Alice House also has a $161k operating surplus.

At the end of F2024, the charity had $1.1m worth of net reserve funds which covers 103% or around one year of its annual program spending.

Profile updated by Julian Dranitsaris on April 1, 2025. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending March
202420232022
Administrative costs as % of revenues 9.9%9.9%14.1%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 1.3%0.8%0.9%
Total overhead spending 11.2%10.6%15.0%
Program cost coverage (%) 103.2%115.4%103.3%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $s
202420232022
Donations 687,757637,985603,813
Government funding 381,498427,717254,282
Fees for service 145,154177,487143,490
Investment income 25,02515,65412,700
Other income 81,01900
Total revenues 1,320,4531,258,8431,014,285
Program costs 1,022,059892,876818,439
Administrative costs 128,326123,077141,351
Fundraising costs 9,2424,7765,143
Total spending 1,159,6271,020,729964,933
Cash flow from operations 160,826238,11449,352
Capital spending 120,86326,77327,537
Funding reserves 1,054,5381,030,032845,725

Note: 1. LINE-ITEM COSTING: Since Alice House follows line-item costing, Ci assigned line items to program, fundraising, and administrative activities to the best of its ability and reviewed its T3010 filings with the CRA when necessary. 2. CHANGES IN DEFERRED DONATIONS: Since Alice House follows deferred accounting, Ci adjusted revenues and expenses to clearly report financial information on a consistent basis. Changes in deferred donations affected revenue by $44k, ($63k), and ($18k) in F2024, F2023, and F2022, respectively. 3. CHANGES IN DEFERRED GOVERNMENT GRANTS: Ci adjusted government funding for changes in deferred government grants, affecting revenue by ($9k), $12k, and ($10k) in F2024, F2023, and F2022, respectively. 4. CHANGES IN DEFERRED RENTAL INCOME: Ci adjusted fees for service for changes in deferred rental income, affecting revenue by ($11k), $4k, and $4k in F2024, F2023, and F2022, respectively. 5. CHANGE IN GST REBATE RECEIVABLE: Ci adjusted government funding for changes in the GST rebate proportion of accounts receivables, affecting revenue by $9k, $11k, and ($11k) in F2024, F2023, and F2022, respectively. 6. UNREALIZED INVESTMENT RETURNS: Ci adjusted investment income for unrealized investment gains and losses, affecting revenue by ($nil), $17k, and ($17k) in F2024, F2023, and F2022, respectively.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 16

Avg. compensation: $41,738

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
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$300k - $350k
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$250k - $300k
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$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
0
$120k - $160k
0
$80k - $120k
1
$40k - $80k
7
< $40k
2

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2024

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Charity Contact

Website: www.alicehouse.ca
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