Chatham Kent Women's Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Chatham, Ontario · BN 106910540RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,745,825) as filed with the CRA.
Chatham Kent Women's Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Chatham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.8M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $119K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
We provide support and assistance to women and their children if intimate partner abuse by providing shelter food and counselling. We also refer clients to other community agencies. We offer counselling to children and youth as witness of intimate partner abuse. We offer assistance to women and their children to develop safe places when re-establishing in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $842K | $2,017 | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $466 | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $13K | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $1,258 | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $5,447 | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $119K from 22 charities:
- The Chatham Kent Community Foundation$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$6,935
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$3,000
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- Fondation RONA$1,022
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$1,000
- Mount Zion Presbyterian Church$1,000
- The Gathering Place Community Church$1,000
- Community of Christ Chatham$1,000
- Emmanuel Congregational Church of Ridgetown$600
- First Christian Reformed Church-Chatham-Kent$531
- Fondation RONA$520
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$311
- Fletcher United Church$250
- United Way of Greater Toronto$179
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$25
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Teri Simmons (president); Tammy McFadden (director); Jeff Millman (director); Nichole Charron (director); Nicole Powers (director); Gary Conn (director); Jane Pinsonneault (treasurer); Elyse Johnson (vice president); Sarah Renaud (director); Janna Stawarz (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chatham Kent Women's Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106910540RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.