52 West Beaver Creek Rd., Unit 4
Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1L9
Executive Director: Lorris Herenda
Board Chair: Rehana Doobay

Charitable Reg. #:11910 5187 RR0001

STAR RATING

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

[Charity Rating: 3/5]

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements available only upon request.

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.

84%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 84 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Yellow Brick House:

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.

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Results and Impact

Women and children who stay at Yellow Brick House's shelters are victims of domestic violence. In F2023, 164 women and children stayed at the charity’s emergency shelters.

While Ci highlights this key result, it may not completely represent Yellow Brick House’s results and impact. Charity Intelligence has not yet rated Yellow Brick House on impact (n/r).

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Finances

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 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 $9.1m in reserve funds (cash and investments) which covers 204% or slightly over two years of its annual program spending.

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

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending March
202320222021
Administrative costs as % of revenues 2.6%2.4%1.6%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 13.9%11.0%6.3%
Total overhead spending 16.5%13.4%8.0%
Program cost coverage (%) 203.8%182.5%167.0%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202320222021
Donations 2,6941,8962,429
Government funding 3,8974,4483,480
Investment income 000
Other income 609(34)445
Total revenues 7,2006,3096,353
Program costs 4,4824,2533,709
Grants 000
Administrative costs 185154103
Fundraising costs 374208154
Other costs 000
Total spending 5,0414,6163,966
Cash flow from operations 2,1591,6932,388
Capital spending 1,01253706
Funding reserves 9,1367,7646,193

Note: 1. DEFERRED DONATIONS ADJUSTMENT: Yellow Brick House uses deferred accounting. To show donors this information on a consistent basis, Ci adjusted donations for changes in deferred contributions from externally restricted funds. This affected revenues by $12k, $9k, and ($149k) in F2023, F2022, and F2021 respectively. 2. DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT: Ci also adjusted donations for changes in deferred capital contributions. This affected revenues by $743k, ($230k), and $382k in F2023, F2022, and F2021 respectively. 3. DEFERRED GOVERNMENT FUNDING ADJUSTMENT: Ci also adjusted total government revenue for changes in deferred funding from the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community, & Social Services. This affected revenues by $53k, ($37k), and ($310k) in F2023, F2022, and F2021 respectively. 4. DEFERRED OTHER REVENUE ADJUSTMENT: Ci also adjusted other revenue for changes in deferred revenue not attributed to donations or government funding. This affects revenues by $358k, ($87k), and $346k in F2023, F2022, and F2021 respectively. 5. AMORTIZATION: Ci removed amortization on a pro-rata basis applied to program, administrative, and fundraising costs. 6. LINE ITEM COSTING: Yellow Brick House uses line-item costing. Ci referred to the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA for program, administrative, and fundraising costs.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 50

Avg. compensation: $61,892

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
1
$120k - $160k
0
$80k - $120k
5
$40k - $80k
4
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023

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Comments & Contact

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Charity Contact

Website: www.yellowbrickhouse.org
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Charitable Registration Number: 80340 7956 RR0001