North York Women's Shelter

North York Women's Shelter is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.

Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government, 18% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $552K.

Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.

Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $8.7M in 2020 to $2.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.