Edmonton Women's Shelter LTD.
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 107283301RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,193,017) as filed with the CRA.
Edmonton Women's Shelter LTD. is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, 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 $5.1M in revenue and $5.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 69% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $777K.
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 5% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 97 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Win house operates temporary emergency shelter accommodations for women and those who identify as a woman with or without children fleeing domestic violence and/or abusive relationships. We offer crisis intervention; education about family violence; access to external resources. After clients leave shelter we continue to offer support and advocacy through our outreach program. In-shelter programs include: child support; access to medical services psychologist emergency clothing and personal necessities; provision of household items. We also operate a 24 hour crisis line. Carol’s house forme…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.1M | $5.2M | $3.4M | $462K | — | $5.3M |
| 2023 | $5.4M | $5M | $3.3M | $671K | — | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $5M | $3.6M | — | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $5.7M | $4.4M | $3.5M | $154K | — | $4.5M |
| 2020 | $5M | $4.8M | $3.7M | $311K | — | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $777K from 33 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$213K
- Canadahelps Canadon$213K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$151K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$32K
- The Matt & Betty-Jean Baldwin Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- Beulah Alliance Church of Edmonton$15K
- Aqueduct Foundation$15K
- The Allan & Sally Sawin Foundation$13K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$12K
- William & Florence Lede Family Foundation$10K
- Legacy Plus Foundation Canada$8,889
- BenefAction Foundation$6,500
- Eberlein Family Charitable Foundation$5,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$4,763
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$2,455
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- The Foundation Office.ca$2,000
- The Melinda Green Memorial Foundation$1,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,238
- Alberta Blue Cross Hearts of Blue$1,038
- Trust Under the Will of Kenneth Hnidan$1,034
- Toronto Foundation$1,005
- Alberta's Caribbean Heritage Association$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions97
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Heidi Besuijen (president); Courtney Knox (vice president); Daniel Roberts; Jameson Van Dijk; Robyn Hanson; Remington Irwin; Larry Sarabin; Lisa Ground; Alyssa Haunholter.
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edmonton Women's Shelter LTD.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107283301RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.