Yellow Brick House is a three-star charity that is not financially transparent. It has a C+ results reporting score, which is below average. For every dollar donated to the charity, 84 cents are available to go to the cause. Ci has not yet rated Yellow Brick House on impact (n/r).

Founded in 1978, Yellow Brick House (YBH) provides comprehensive support for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. This includes a 24/7 crisis support telephone line, emergency shelter, counselling, and domestic violence education services. According to the charity, someone is murdered every 2.5 days in Canada due to domestic violence related causes. The charity runs three programs: Shelter, Crisis & Support Line; Community Counselling & Support; and Public Education. The charity spent $4.5m on its programs in the fiscal year ending March 2023 (F2023).

Shelter, Crisis, & Support Line was 61% of the YBH’s program spending. The charity’s two shelters provided emergency housing to 164 women and children F2023. These shelters have a capacity of 51 beds and cribs. In F2023, YBH’s crisis call centre received 2,959 calls from people experience domestic violence.

Community Counselling & Support was 33% of YBH’s program spending. This program offers individual and group counselling covering topics like the cycle of abuse, navigating family law, and parenting support. In F2023, the charity’s counsellors provided 12,700 counselling hours, a 52% decrease compared to 26,331 hours in F2022.

Public Education was 7% of YBH’s program spending. This outreach program provides elementary, high school, and college students abuse and violence prevention workshops. These cover topics like healthy relationship building, cyber abuse, and building self-esteem. In F2023, the charity provided these workshops to 2,611 students.

In F2023, Yellow Brick House received $2.7m in donations, a 42% increase from $1.9m in F2022. The charity also received $3.9m in government funding which is 54% of revenues. Administrative costs are 3% of revenues and fundraising costs are 14% of donations. This results in around 16% of total overhead spending. This means that for every dollar donated, 84 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

In F2023, the charity spent $4.5m on its programs, a 5% increase from $4.3m in F2022.

At the end of F2023, Yellow Brick House had $7.1m in reserve funds (cash and investments) which covers 159% or slightly over 19 months of its annual program spending.

Profile updated June 21, 2024 by Julian Dranitsaris. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.