Fernie Women's Resource and Drop in Centre
Publicly funded institution · Fernie, British Columbia · BN 107380909RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($534,630) as filed with the CRA.
Fernie Women's Resource and Drop in Centre is a charitable organization based in Fernie, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $620K in revenue and $535K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Parent tot funtimes stv counselling & outreach bellies to babies jaffray preschool fernie & sparwood strong start drop in centre fernie family connections
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $620K | $535K | $456K | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $620K | $535K | $456K | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $669K | $557K | $472K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $737K | $543K | $459K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $584K | $531K | $451K | — | — | $482K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$308K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Buhler-Low (president); Ann Kamp (vice president); Wendy Anderson (treasurer); Karen Tse (director); Karen Bergman (director); Simone Aloe (director); Debbie Zammit (director); Shannon Ross (director); Paula Turcasso (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fernie Women's Resource and Drop in Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107380909RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.