First Step Women's Shelter
Charitable organization · Sioux Lookout, Ontario · BN 119302297RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,171,470) as filed with the CRA.
First Step Women's Shelter is a charitable organization based in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 36% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $5.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To provide emergency shelter services and safety for women and their children that have been abused. Support and assistance as well as advoacy is also provided with referrals to other agencies.
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 | $5M | — | — | $379K |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.3M | — | — | $401K |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $2.6M | — | — | $339K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.1M | — | — | $194K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $21K | — | $131K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 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)
Andreas Asmus (vice chair); Candice Goretzki (director); Charles Herbert (director); Kimberly Murphy (director); Bertha O'Connor (director); Geneva Sainnawap (chairperson); Danielle Therrien (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Step Women's Shelter’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119302297RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.