Greater Victoria Women's Shelter Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 107450108RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($285,413) as filed with the CRA.
Greater Victoria Women's Shelter Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, 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 $259K in revenue and $285K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $166K in 2020 to $259K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provides shelter and support to women and their children who have special and crisis needs particularly women leaving abusive relationships. Margaret laurence house is a community based program providing residential and outreach services for women who have experienced abuse in theri relationships. Also provideds supportive and affordable houseing to women and their children for up to a year. As well provides suppport and counselling to women.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $259K | $285K | $256K | — | — | $524K |
| 2023 | $232K | $257K | — | — | — | $563K |
| 2022 | $179K | $304K | — | — | — | $587K |
| 2021 | $213K | $255K | — | — | — | $712K |
| 2020 | $166K | $197K | — | — | — | $755K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$179K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Angi Ross (treasurer); Terri-Lynn Foggitt; Lorinda Staples; Gweneth Doane (staff liaison); Kimberly Lowe (fundraising); Linda Jean Baird; Anna Oki Golovkina; Kalenne Heikkla (secretary); Dorothea Harris.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Greater Victoria Women's Shelter Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107450108RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.