Centre des Femmes West Island
Publicly funded institution · Pointe-Claire, Quebec · BN 100886415RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($600,633) as filed with the CRA.
Centre des Femmes West Island is a charitable organization based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $611K in revenue and $601K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government, 23% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $173K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The organization provies educational social and recreational services to women living in the west island.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $611K | $601K | $43K | — | — | $208K |
| 2023 | $486K | $473K | $347K | $6,623 | $500 | $198K |
| 2022 | $393K | $430K | $309K | $459 | $550 | $185K |
| 2021 | $404K | $368K | $254K | $19 | $500 | $223K |
| 2020 | $415K | $434K | $172K | $1,609 | $500 | $187K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $173K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$272K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marlyn Brownrigg (past chair); Amélie Crasci (programming director); Meredith Furlong (treasurer); Lisa Gertsman (publicity director); Samantha Goodman (volunteer director); Anne Lajoie (vice-president); Terry Lin (community initiatives director); Sharon Louie (secretary); Dipa Mehta (president); Isabelle Prosnick (executive director); Shannon Wilcocks (childcare director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre des Femmes West Island’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 100886415RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.