Indigenous Women's Support Centre
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 136843026RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,723,106) as filed with the CRA.
Indigenous Women's Support Centre is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, 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 $6.8M in revenue and $6.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from government, 30% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $625K.
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 55% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 52 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4M in 2020 to $6.8M in 2024.
In its own words
Minwaashin Lodge provides a range of programs and services to First Nations Inuit and Métis women and children (regardless of status) who are survivors of domestic and other forms of violence and who may also be suffering the effects of the residential school system. All programs and services are provided in the context of cultural beliefs and values to ensure a holistic approach is used as part of the healing journey.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.8M | $6.7M | $6.1M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $6.4M | $5.9M | $5.7M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $6.1M | $5.5M | $5.1M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $5.5M | $5M | $4.8M | $0 | $0 | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $4M | — | — | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $625K from 22 charities:
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$159K
- Canadahelps Canadon$136K
- Canadahelps Canadon$136K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund$30K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Wesley M Nicol Foundation$16K
- Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust$10K
- Wesley M Nicol Foundation$10K
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$8,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,214
- Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust$5,000
- Dream Community Foundation$5,000
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$2,500
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$2,025
- Ferguson Family Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$737
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$711
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board$681
- The First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa$500
- Rideau Park United Church$500
- Link Charity Canada Inc$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions52
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Indigenous Women's Support Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136843026RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.