Jessie's, The June Callwood Centre for Young Women is a three-star charity that is not financially transparent. It has a B Results Reporting grade, which is average. For every dollar donated to the charity, 77 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci's reasonable range. 

Founded in 1982, Jessie’s, The June Callwood Centre for Young Women (Jessie’s) fills the gap in resources and support available for pregnant teenagers and young families. Offering services to women under 24 years of age, Jessie’s is a pro-choice organization in Toronto mandated to serve pregnant teens. Prior to F2022, the charity only accepted women under the age of 22. Jessie’s intake age also increased from 19 to 21. The charity states this change is to reflect modern realities. 

Jessie’s aims to address economic and social barriers young pregnant women face with its programs. The charity focuses on food, health, housing, and education, but does not provide a breakdown of spending on these programs. The charity reports 256 youths received services at Jessie's in F2022. 

The charity’s Food Program launched in May 2022. It provides monthly access to essential food items for those who experience food insecurity. So far, 36 families have benefitted from this program.

Jessie’s Health Program provides young women and families with free pregnancy tests, prenatal classes, counselling, and nutrition groups. In F2022, Jessie’s fulfilled 392 emergency requests for support. It conducted 37 virtual prenatal group sessions, with six youths attending each session. Jessie’s also completed 3,126 counselling sessions and 32 virtual child development assessment screenings.

Jessie’s Housing Support Program helps young mothers and mother-to-be find suitable housing. Jessie’s helps young women search for rental listings, contact landlords, and arrange viewings. Once they find a unit, Jessie’s helps fill out applications, get repairs and maintenance done, and solve conflicts with landlords. In F2022, 78 youths received housing stabilization support.

Jessie’s Education Program enables young moms and prenatal women to earn high school credits. In F2022, 15 women enrolled in its school program.

Jessie’s is not financially transparent. Charity Intelligence received its financial statements after requesting them from the charity. Charity Intelligence received Jessie’s F2023 financial statements; however, the charity does not use activity-based costing and its T3010 is not yet available.

Jessie’s received $1.1m in donations in F2022. It also received $598k in government funding, representing 34% of total revenue. Administrative costs are 17% of revenue (excluding investment income), and fundraising costs are 6% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 23%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 77 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range.

Jessie’s has $1.5m in reserve funds, which can cover 175%, or one year and nine months of its annual program costs.

The charity earned $26k in investment income in F2022, representing a 2% annual return. Its average annual investment return in the past five years is 1%.

Charity Intelligence sent an update of this report to Jessie’s for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on November 13, 2023 by Liam Chapleau.