Operations
Our investment
in youth development
THE DOORWAY nominally requires $29,000 per month
to cover the cost of working with 120 active participants.
Each participant costs a minimum of $2,900 per year,
with additional costs factored in.
This cost per person is considerably less
than that of the prison or welfare system – proving that
there is a cost-effective way to move young people from the
street culture to the mainstream. Still, raising the funds
necessary to carry out this work is an ongoing challenge.
Doorway expenses
THE DOORWAY keeps operational costs aggressively lean,
which makes it possible for us to invest heavily into funding
our participants and their contract process. Figure
A breaks down THE DOORWAY’s expenses.
Figure A:
| Total Expenses: |
$373,730 |
| Participant Contract STEPS |
$107,640 |
| Participant Costs |
$11,752 |
| Community Learning and Awareness |
$31,081 |
| Occupancy, Operations, Wages |
$210,253 |
| Fundraising |
$13,004 |
Thirty per cent of the annual Doorway
budget is invested directly into participant incentives for
steps contracted. Figure B illustrates how
this money is used by participants.
Figure B:
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