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.

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.