Build a Dream to Empower Women
Publicly funded institution · Windsor, Ontario · BN 783497480RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($744,466) as filed with the CRA.
Build a Dream to Empower Women is a charitable organization based in Windsor, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $737K in revenue and $744K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The organization works with young women to support them in pursuing careers in which women are currently underrepresented.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $737K | $744K | $625K | — | — | $360K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $9,840 | $1,500 | $368K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2M | — | — | — | $245K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $2,400 | $122K | — | $201K |
| 2020 | $737K | $653K | $374K | $41K | — | $95K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$435K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nikechi Nwafor-Robinson (chair); Colin Toop (vice chair); Desiree Norwegian (treasurer); Junior Sirivar (board member); Amanda O'Sullivan (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Build a Dream to Empower Women’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 783497480RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.