The Shoebox Project For Shelters / Operation Boite A Chaussures Pour Refuges

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About The Shoebox Project For Shelters / Operation Boite A Chaussures Pour Refuges

Overview

The Shoebox Project for Shelters/Operation Boite A Chassures Pour Refuges is a charity that provides gifts to women living in shelters or accessing community support. They also work to raise awareness of women's homelessness, poverty, and violence against women. Through their programs, they aim to bring a sense of joy and dignity to women in need, while also advocating for social change to address the root causes of these issues.

Mission

The Shoebox Project's mission is to uplift and empower women who are experiencing or at-risk of homelessness through in-kind support, education, and community participation. It works to provide gifts to women living in shelters or accessing community support, and to raise awareness of women's homelessness, poverty, and violence against women.

Vision

The organization envisions equitable communities where all women are seen, valued, and treated with dignity and compassion. It aims to celebrate resilience and diversity, build awareness, challenge stigma against those experiencing homelessness, and promote equity for women and gender-diverse people.

Unique value proposition

The Shoebox Project distinguishes itself through a dignity-first, in-kind model centered not only on material goods but on personalized, handwritten messages of encouragement—captured in its tagline 'It's more than a gift. It's a reminder that we all matter.' It fills a gender-specific gap in holiday giving, having been founded because existing gift drives served children experiencing homelessness but overlooked mothers and adult women. Its distributed, volunteer-owned chapter model—run by local coordinators with a tiny central staff—allows it to partner with existing shelters and agencies rather than duplicate services, achieving broad national reach (444,800+ shoeboxes delivered since 2011 across over 660 communities) with minimal overhead.

Financial overview

Revenue (2025)
$1,013,230
Expenses (2025)
$831,643
Total assets
$429,507
Liabilities
$195,266
Year Revenue Expenses Program Admin Fundraising
2025 $1,013,230 $831,643 $713,814 $117,829 $0
2024 $844,830 $818,660 $685,095 $118,916 $14,649
2023 $920,188 $856,042 $719,981 $118,871 $17,190
2022 $911,226 $772,315 $682,361 $89,954 $0
2021 $1,005,895 $969,460 $838,261 $71,549 $0
2020 $448,376 $296,580 $228,696 $67,884 $0

Financial data sourced from the Canada Revenue Agency.

Revenue, expenses and assets

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Leadership team

JA

Jen Artibello

Executive Director

JA

James Albrecht

Chair, Board of Directors

RC

Raly Chakarova

Vice Chair, Board of Directors

TS

Tracee Smith

Secretary, Board of Directors

KP

Karen Paget

Volunteer Manager

NB

Naomi Benoist

Executive Assistant

EA

Edidiong Abba

Administrative Assistant

JM

Jessica Mulroney

Co-Founder (former)

CM

Caroline Mulroney

Co-Founder (former)

VM

Vanessa Mulroney

Co-Founder (former)

KM

Katy Mulroney

Co-Founder (former)

RS

Rosie Smythe

Former Executive Director

LH

Lesley Hendry

Former Executive Director

NW

Nicole Watts

Former Board Chair

AP

Allie Page

Former Board Member

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