Contact Women's Group Society
Publicly funded institution · Williams Lake, British Columbia · BN 118875152RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,678,288) as filed with the CRA.
Contact Women's Group Society is a charitable organization based in Williams Lake, British Columbia, 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,127.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operates a young parent daycare that offers child care to infants and toddlers as well as support to parents. - operates 1 licensed group child care centers for children 0 to 12 years of age - free legal advocacy is provided to women and families dealing with poverty related issues. - provides counseling to women survivors of violence abuse and trauma. - operates a bulk purchasing service providing nutricious fresh produce at a reduced cost. - operates a food bank that includes infant formula and diapiers personal hygiene projects - free store - provides donated clothing to women and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $422K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $14K | — | $387K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $4,904 | — | $787K |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,127 from 3 charities:
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 positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Valerie Coulthard (director); Alison Sutherland Mann (director); Kirsten Stark (director); Rebecca Egilson (director); Sunny Dyck (director); Dawnalyn Webster (director); Sarah Balitsky (director); Jean Webster (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Contact Women's Group Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118875152RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.