2012 ANNUAL REPORT

3 We believe that, together, we will Address from the continue to transform lives and our Board President & society. Chief Executive Officer YWCA is an organization of determined optimists. It was this determined optimism that enabled us When 100,000 abused women are to open the YWCA Elm Centre in 2012. forced to flee to shelters every year, it The YWCA Elm Centre, which offers is hard to believe that we will ever end 300 units of affordable, supportive violence against women. housing, is the largest affordable housing project to be built anywhere in Canada When the list of people in need in more than a decade. of affordable housing in Toronto exceeds 160,000, as it now has, it is Throughout the world, 2012 was marked hard to believe that we will ever end ROSEMARY MOODIE by much pessimism. Of course, there is President, Board of Directors homelessness. much to be concerned about. However, YWCA Toronto believes that when we When girls continue to be bombarded by lean into those difficulties, our shared degrading, sexist images in the media, it commitment, compassion, courage and is hard to believe that our girls will grow HEATHER McGREGOR creativity prevails – and the results are up confident, healthy and empowered. Chief Executive Officer stunning and inspiring. And yet, YWCA Toronto does believe. As you read YWCA Toronto’s Annual YWCA Toronto is transforming the lives Report and reflect on the life-changing of women and girls in our city because services we provide, we hope you will of our visionary donors, generous agree that what the YWCA is able to volunteers, committed staff and accomplish, with the support of other determined program participants. determined optimists, is cause to believe.

2 “We believe In 2012, the YWCA Elm Centre officially opened, creating 300 units giving a of affordable housing.

woman keys The YWCA Elm Centre is the largest affordable housing project to be built anywhere in Canada in more than a to a home decade. We increased our permanent housing units from 248 in 2011 to 548 unlocks in 2012. opportunity.” YWCA Toronto believes in building and advocating for more affordable housing. Research and experience clearly demonstrate that access to stable, affordable housing transforms lives: mental health improves, social isolation diminishes, children’s school performance improves, self-esteem grows and employability increases.

That is why we believe in helping women get keys to their own home.

4 “We believe Women who have been abused and traumatized turn to YWCA when abused Toronto, usually in desperation. They are desperate for safety. They are women find desperate for an out. YWCA Toronto provides help and shelter, they hope. In 2012, we offered support and a range of shelter and temporary can find housing options to 1,287 women and themselves.” children. Once women are safe, and with support from our specialized staff with expertise in areas including mental health, parenting, employment and permanent housing, women heal and start to plan their futures. Then they start creating those futures and the lives they want.

When we believe in women, women start believing in themselves.

6 With Canada’s only full-time Girls’ Centre and an extraordinary girls’ “We believe summer camp, Tapawingo, YWCA Toronto knows that girls need space girls need and support to discuss the struggles they face and build the capacity to a room of overcome those struggles. Girls need programs that are designed to meet their needs, some of which are quite their own.” different from the needs of boys.

At YWCA Toronto, girls have a room of their own. In 2012, they used that “room” to talk about online bullying, discuss healthy relationships, build self-esteem, take risks, create their own girl-positive media and start building their futures.

In 2012, YWCA Toronto girls’ programs helped 1,001 girls believe in themselves.

8 Families who have experienced trauma and violence find resources “We believe to heal and strengthen at YWCA families can Toronto. Strong families provide support and heal and comfort to endure life’s challenges and pain. Strong families nurture thrive.” confidence and enthusiasm that inspire dreams and risk-taking.

YWCA Toronto offers a range of programs to families who have experienced trauma and violence. With counselling, parenting classes, support groups and highly specialized childcare services, YWCA Toronto helps families believe they can create better lives for themselves.

In 2012, 1,098 parents and children found resources and support in our family programs to help them thrive.

10 “We believe YWCA Toronto offers employment families and services and training programs that help women assess their strengths, build new skills and find a way into the communities labour market.

work, when However, it is not enough simply to help women get the job. YWCA women can Toronto also advocates for fair wages and good jobs because work.” women continue to make 71 cents for every dollar a man earns and because women, and in particular, racialized women, are often caught in precarious, low-wage work.

When women can work, families YWCA Toronto also provides the have greater income security and high-quality, affordable childcare women have more independence and women require in order to work – and decision-making power. advocates for greater access to such care so all women with children who YWCA Toronto helps women work want to work, can work. by providing diverse and specialized employment programs to address We know many women need to work the myriad needs women have at the and want to work. YWCA Toronto various stages of their working lives. helps women work with success.

12 “We believe right to consent – or not – to sex, to the women’s right to work free of harassment and equality is discrimination, are now enshrined in law. YWCA Toronto is proud to be part of the changing women’s movement that is responsible for making these gains – and we are the world.” committed to be part of ongoing efforts to achieve more.

Violence, poverty, homelessness and racism continue to disempower many women and girls and deprive them of safety and equality. However, as women gain power, resources and representation we are better equipped Women’s activism has led to impressive to move powerfully towards a society gains in women’s equality in Canada, in which safety and equity has been and around the world. achieved for all women and girls.

Women are increasingly well YWCA Toronto believes we are represented in the labour market, achieving great things and will achieve government, post-secondary education much more. and senior leadership positions. Important women’s rights from the

14 We support YWCA Toronto because it is an effective and exciting “We believe organization. in We know our donation is helping transform the lives of women and girls. YWCA The YWCA is also transforming our city, with its vision of equity and Toronto.” empowerment – and the contributions it makes toward this vision.

We are proud to be part of YWCA Toronto.

ANNE REYNOLDS & DEREK MEEHAN YWCA Toronto donors

16 YWCA Toronto ANNUAL DONORS thanks our donors, VISIONARY FRIEND Stephanie Bowman 1,624 ($25,000+) ($2,500-$4,999) Melanie Burns sponsors, funders Anonymous Anonymous (2) Wendy M. Cecil NEW DONORS The Honourable Margaret McCain Lynda H. Bowles Donette Chin-Loy and partners who The grandchildren of Irma J. Brydson Paul & Ann Brehl Elaine Choptiany Joan & Robert Wright Jessica Butt Sherri Clarkson have made critical Susan Cochrane Sherry Cooper contributions to ADVOCATE Sylvia D. Chrominska Sarah Corman 75 ($10,000-$24,000) Joan E. Eddy Ellen Denoon efforts to improve Catherine (Kiki) Delaney Helen Gurney Gloria Epstein CAMPERS Ruth Mandel Alexandra Horsky Lois Fine the lives of women were subsidized to go to Rosemary Speirs Gale Kelly Judy Foster Phyllis & William Waters Barrett & Joan McDonald Eilert Frerichs and girls in 2012. Camp Tapawingo Julia Ouellette Catherine Gagne LEADER Linda Tuck Chapman Frances Gallop ($5,000-$9,999) Janice Wright Lee Gold Sheldon Burnett John & Judith Grant Sherry Brydson PARTNER Steven Green $2,303,417 million Debra & Barry Campbell ($1,000-$2,499) Liz Greenway Nancy Coxford Anonymous (6) Katherine Gurney raised through cash and in kind donations Emmy Goodman Jim & Linda Graham Susan Hartnett Harriet & Jonathan Goodman Jane D. Allen Christine Helsdon-Tekker Stephen Halperin Rebecca Ruth Allen & Jeffrey Levitt Renee Hill Ana Lopes Tanya Babalow Marion Holmes Jennifer Polo Jill Baptist & Lyn Baptist Maruja Jackman Nancy Ramalho & Jeff Graham Barbara Barde Pam Jolliffe & Karen Takacs PERMANENT Catherine J. Riggall Barbara Becksted Jan Kestle Gail Robinson Maureen F. Bell Janine Kovach 640 HOUSING UNITS Rosalyn Rodgers Jalynn Bennett Christina Kramer Honey & Barry Sherman Sarah Blackstock & Juana Berinstein John Krzysz VOLUNTEERS increased from Carolyn Blakely Signe Leisk CONTRIBUTED 19,233 Cindy Blakely Lindsay Blakely HOURS OF WORK 248 to 548 183 ANNUAL DONORS ANNUAL DONORS & SPONSORS

PARTNER Brenda Smith Collier Fitness & Nutrition Inc. FOUNDATIONS Royal LePage Shelter Foundation WEEK WITHOUT VIOLENCE ($1,000-$2,499) continued Sandra & Crawford Spencer Crestview Investment Corporation Anonymous (4) The Schad Foundation SPONSOR Lisa & Steve Lemon Phyllis Tanaka Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch The Foundation Shum Vourkoutiotis Fund at the District 12 - Douglas Lissaman Jan Ruby & Mary Thomson The Dominion of Canada General Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities Toronto Community Foundation Secondary School Anne Macdonald Marilda Tselepis Insurance Company Canadian Women’s Foundation The Ouellette Family Foundation Teachers Federation Judith Mandel Surinder Uppal DRI Capital Canadian Women’s Foundation The W. Garfield Weston Foundation Jeannette Manguiat-Stoecker Edith Vuchnich Elementary Teachers’ Federation Shelter from the Storm Campaign Tippet Foundation GIFTS IN KIND Martha McCain Diane Walker of Ontario Catherine Donnelly Foundation Toronto Commercial Real Estate A Celebration of Women Heather McGregor Joan White Elmwood Spa CHUM Charitable Foundation Women Foundation Annual Gift Basket Drive Eric McKnight Jane Wilson Fionnuala Martin & Associates CIBC Children’s Foundation Toronto Community Foundation Anthropologie, Don Mills Centre Louise McLaren Anne Wood Frank Oke Secondary School The D. H. Gordon Foundation The Fresh Air Fund Au Lit Fine Linens Ian & Hilary McLean Rob & Nancy Wright Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan Delaney Family Foundation Toskan Casale Foundation Basketeers Noella Milne Pamela Yool Green Shield Canada Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch William & Betty Finch Fund at blueballoon Joe & Sylvia Minialoff Gregory Zahn Insight - Canada Sings 2 Ltd. Dorothy and Oscar Rogers the Strategic Charitable CHUM Charitable Foundation Rosemary Moodie Kathleen Zimmer Lavery De Billy Foundation at the Toronto Giving Foundation Constantine Living Mary Pat Moore North Toronto Business and Community Foundation Etobicoke Quilters’ Guild CORPORATIONS Michael W. Norgrove Professional Women’s Club The EJLB Foundation COMMUNITY FUNDRAISERS Flare Magazine & ASSOCIATIONS Stephanie Norris The Office Source Inc. Gandy Charitable Foundation Bang & Olufsen Yorkville Holt Renfrew & Co., Limited AMR Barristers & Solicitors LLP Mary Ann O’Rourke RBC Insurance Geoffrey B. Scott Memorial Fund at Equinox iMark Event Inc. Bijou Editorial Sally Palmateer Rogers Credit Operations the Toronto Community Foundation Green Lotus Donate & Learn Inwest Investment Ltd. BMO Financial Group Arlene Perly Rae & Bob Rae Royal LePage Real Estate Services The Harry E. Foster Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd. J. Crew The Boiler Inspection and Insurance Marli Ramsey Ltd., Johnston & Daniel Division Charitable Foundation Lindt & Sprungli (Canada) Inc. Jatex Group Company of Canada Linda Rapson Royal LePage Signature Realty ITLMA Foundation PhemPhat Entertainment Group Pam Jolliffe & Karen Takacs Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Reynolds & Derek Meehan S&E Sponsorship Group Inc. James H. Cummings Foundation, Inc. (Honey Jam) Justshirts Broadview Produce Company Inc. Marilyn A. Robertson Shoppers Drug Mart The McLean Foundation Rick Hansen Secondary School Monami 153 Sushi Brookmoor Investments Ltd. Lucille Roch SHSC Financial Inc. Ontario Trillium Foundation Slip Form Construction Northlea Elementary Candu Canada Energy Inc. Jane Rowe & Tammy McBrien Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto Paloma Foundation Toronto Education Workers, & Middle School Cassells Brock & Blackwell LLP Carmela Serebryany-Harris Susan Scott and Associates The Philip Smith Foundation CUPE Local 4400 Payless ShoeSource CAW Local 88 John Serpa Tell-A-Tale Entertainment Inc. Private Giving Foundation The Toronto Roubina Chapter of the Planet Storage CAW-Canada Maureen Shaughnessy Kitts The Toronto Toy Tea The Rainbow Foundation Armenian Relief Society Laura Rapp Christian Science Society, Kathryn Shaw & Giovanni Strazzullo Torys LLP RBC Foundation Sleepking/Crown Design Scarborough Ann Shortell Westerkirk Capital Inc. REALTORS Care Foundation Jay Smith Jan Shuckard CIBC Wood Gundy Woodlawn Pottery Studio

19 203 SPONSORS & MONARCH SOCIETY FUNDERS, PARTNERS & COALITIONS

WOMEN OF DISTINCTION MONARCH SOCIETY The Estate of Kathleen Sloan FUNDERS Agincourt Community Services Administration Board AWARDS 2012 SPONSORS Anonymous The Estate of Albert Smith Citizenship and Immigration Canada Services Association Dress for Success Toronto Zanana Akande The Estate of Florence City of Toronto, Children’s Services Aisling Discoveries Child and Driftwood Community Centre PRESENTING Sun Life Financial Carroll Allen Dale Winnifred Stacey City of Toronto, Employment and Family Centre Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter The Estate of Beverly Stager Social Services Arab Community Centre Family Sector Shelter CHAMPION Helen Allen Stacey Marilda Tselepis City of Toronto, Shelter, Support and Association of Ontario Advisory Group CIBC The Estate of Winnifred Bell The Estate of John W. Walker Housing Administration Health Centres Four Villages Community KPMG LLP Kristin Blakely-Kozman The Estate of Margery J. Warren Human Resources and Skills AYCE Employment Services Health Centre Rogers Development Canada Barbara Schlifer George Brown College Scotiabank Ellen K. Campbell Ruby & Arthur Waters TD Bank Group Mollie Christie Joan White Ministry of Children and Commemorative Clinic Humber College The Estate of Helen M. Cram Youth Services Birchmount Bluffs Income Security Advocacy Centre PATRON The Estate of Lyla Ada Crossley Ministry of Citizenship Neighbourhood Centre Inner City Health Associates Ellis Don NEW MONARCH Sylvia Erickson and Immigration Black Creek Community Institute of Chartered Accountants Globe and Mail SOCIETY MEMBERS Ministry of Community and Health Centre of Ontario Shoppers Drug Mart Nancy Foster IN 2012 Helen Gurney Social Services Campaign 2000 J.P. Piccinnini Community Centre Warren’s Waterless Printing Debbie Dykes Sharilyn Hale Ministry of Health and Long Canadian Council for Refugees Learning Enrichment Foundation/ The Estate of Robert H. Switzer TRIBUTE The Estate of Audrey Rae Hammond Term Care Centennial College Hughes Child Care BMO The Estate of H. Marie Smibert The Estate of Ruth Gordon Ministry of Municipal Affairs Centre for Addiction and Mental Lifesaver 101 Ernst & Young LLP Dingman Hebb and Housing Health (CAMH) Women’s Day Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Mediaco The Presentation Company Towers Watson Highland Consultants Ltd. Ministry of Training, Colleges Program Pilot Project Asian Legal Clinic The Estate of Evelyn Hodgkinson INTERNATIONAL and Universities Centre for Education & Training North American College FUTURE LEADERS John Kilpatrick Niven Memorial Trust BOUTIQUE Ministry of Tourism, Culture Chick-A-Biddy Acres Community House Aimia for Bolton Fresh Air Camp This year, YWCA’s and Sport Child Development Institute North York Harvest Food CIBC Mellon Martine Johnson Ontario Women’s Directorate Child Evangelism Fellowship Bank House Janssen - Who Inspires U? International Boutique Jannie Mills continued to raise funds Toronto Central Local Health Child Monitoring Advisory ONESTEP MEDIA Mary Pat Moore for international development: Integration Network and Support Oshki Pimache Captivate The Estate of Jean Palmer YWCA’s Sri Lankan Women’s Micro- United Way of Peel Region Children’s Aid Society of Toronto Rexdale Alliance Church CHUM FM The Estate of Priscilla Prichard credit Program, YWCA’s Honduras United Way Toronto Community Development MicroSkills Rexdale Women’s Centre FLOW Anne Reynolds & Derek Meehan Shelter for Women and YWCA’s Daily Bread Food Bank Ryerson University Catherine J. Riggall Papua New Guinea Childcare COMMUNITY PARTNERS Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Salvation Army Marilyn A. Robertson Program. Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Health Centre Scarborough Women’s Centre Gail Robinson Centre – AccessPoint on Danforth District of Parry Sound Social Second Harvest Jeanne Rowles Afghan Women’s Organization Skills for Change

21 223 PARTNERS & COALITIONS YWCA TORONTO LEADERSHIP

St. Michael’s Hospital York University Bridging Program Early Years Centre Committee Taibu Community Health Centre Yorktown Shelter for Women Scarborough Village Youth Service BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE TEAM DIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPY Toronto District School Board - YWCA Halifax Providers Committee Lisa Lemon Newcomer Services for Adults YWCA Kitchener Toronto Central LHIN Community PRESIDENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (Malvern location) YWCA Moncton Mental Health and Rosemary Moodie Heather McGregor DIRECTOR, SHELTERS & CLINICAL The East Scarborough Storefront YWCA Ottawa Addictions Network SERVICES VICE-PRESIDENTS DIRECTOR, ADVOCACY & The Furniture Bank YWCA Sudbury Toronto East Quadrant Local Ruth Crammond The Jean Tweed Centre Immigration Partnership Sonali Chakraborti COMMUNICATIONS The Local Immigration Toronto Region VAW Maureen Shaughnessy Kitts Sarah Blackstock COALITIONS Partnership Council Shelters Network 25in5 Poverty Reduction Network DIRECTOR, EMPLOYMENT & Toronto Board of Trade Toronto West Local SECRETARY Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CUPE LOCAL 2189 Toronto District School Board Immigration Partnership Signe Leisk Abuse Service Provider Network Marilda Tselepis Newcomer Youth Services Transitional and Housing Support PRESIDENT Canadian Women’s Foundation TREASURER Paola Gomez-Restrepo Toronto Housing Connections Management Advisory Committee DIRECTOR, FINANCE & Research Committee Kathryn Shaw Toronto Police Services, 52 and Transitional Housing and Support INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Employment Ontario – Service VICE-PRESIDENT 55 Divisions Programs Advisory Group Lois Fine Provider Network MEMBER-AT-LARGE Nicole Sutherland Toronto West Local Transitional Housing and Support Etobicoke Youth Network Patsy Russell Immigration Partnership Programs Workers Committee DIRECTOR, GIRLS’ & FAMILY Kipling Community Council RECORDING SECRETARY Toronto Works Health and Women Abuse Council of Toronto PROGRAMS AND PROPERTY Neighbourhood Action Partnership MEMBERS Jenny Lin Safety Clinic Women’s Mental Health and SERVICES Neighbourhood Action Team Joan Andrew University Health Network Addictions Network Sally Palmateer North York Mental Health Network Maureen Bell SECRETARY TREASURER Urban Circle Ontario Association of Interval and Elizabeth Dipchand Marie Lorenzo Vietnamese Women’s Association HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT Transitional Houses Soteira Hortop Wellesley Institute Joan White Ontario Coalition for Nina Malayil TRUSTEE West Scarborough Neighbourhood Better Childcare Emily McDonald DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES 2-year Trustee - Maria Villanueva Community Centre Nikita Patel & ADMINISTRATION 3-year Trustee - Julia Haylock Windfall Clothing Ontario Council of Agencies Nikisha Reyes-Grange Jeannette Manguiat-Stoecker Wigwamen, Inc. Serving Immigrants Jane Rowe Women’s Habitat Ontario Non-Profit Network Carmela Serebryany-Harris YWCA Canada Provincial Women’s Access to Bessy Triantafyllos YMCA of Greater Toronto Trades Network YMCA Language Assessment Scarborough Southwest Ontario and Referral Centre

23 243 Young Women’s Christian Association of Greater Toronto STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS December 31, December 31, January 1, 2012 2011 2011 As at December 31 $ $ 2012 2011 ASSETS Year ended December 31 $ $ Current REVENUE Cash 1,364,964 1,564,231 1,331,100 Government 20,427,029 16,797,979 Short-term investments 211,843 5,961,396 8,096,621 Fundraising 2,996,346 2,631,402 Accounts receivable 1,559,196 2,939,752 2,591,403 Fees and rent 2,975,901 1,860,029 Prepaid expenses and other assets 354,565 322,243 268,079 United Way of Greater Toronto Total current assets 3,490,568 10,787,622 12,287,203 1,448,815 1,443,047 Investment income (loss) Long-term receivable 254,225 291,573 313,900 300,485 (47,499) Long-term investments 5,746,780 5,811,038 4,952,741 Miscellaneous 226,003 256,357 Capital assets, net 78,884,161 79,242,544 64,573,936 28,374,579 22,941,315 88,375,734 96,132,777 82,127,780 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS EXPENSES Current Salaries and employee benefits 15,577,463 14,419,983 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 2,439,664 9,772,379 11,554,888 Building occupancy 8,163,858 4,588,189 Deferred contributions 997,026 1,528,765 1,447,215 Other program costs 3,563,529 2,972,857 Current portion of long-term debt 1,103,944 1,060,303 456,141 General and administration 1,255,372 1,125,745 Total current liabilities 4,540,634 12,361,447 13,458,244 Allocation to YWCA Canada 112,897 106,228 Long-term debt 53,602,831 53,176,285 41,709,838 28,673,119 23,213,002 Capital replacement reserve 1,264,110 1,057,454 1,118,990 Deferred capital contributions 24,831,860 25,102,752 21,134,182 Deficiency of revenue over expenses for (298,540) (271,687) Total liabilities 84,239,435 91,697,938 77,421,254 the year Net Assets Unrestricted — — Internally restricted 4,136,299 4,434,839 4,706,526 Auditors: Ernst & Young LLP A full set of Financial Statements is available upon request. Charitable Business #10822 9865 Total net assets 4,136,299 4,434,839 4,706,526 RR0001 88,375,734 96,132,777 82,127,780 Information filed under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 is available on the Ministry of Finance website:3 http://www.fin.gov.on.ca. YWCA TORONTO 1 NUMBER OF IN THE CANADA SINGS SHOWS SPOTLIGHT TAPED AT YWCA ELM CENTRE

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108 NEWS ARTICLES FEATURING 1,175 YWCA TORONTO FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER 18.5 PERCENTAGE OF YWCA FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS WHO ARE MEN 3 MISSION YWCA Toronto accomplishes this vision VISION by being a strong advocate for women YWCA Toronto will be a and girls, providing transformative SPECIAL THANKS services in the areas of employment We would like to thank Emma Namenya, leader in transforming the Carol Shortell, Gurpreet Chahal, lives of marginalized and support and training, housing options Anne Reynolds, Derek Mehan, as well disadvantaged women and shelters, leadership development as program participants and volunteers and girls in Toronto. programs for girls and key supports whose efforts have contributed to this for women and children who have annual report. experienced violence.

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