Nova Vita Women's Shelter Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Brantford, Ontario · BN 107771727RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,075,719) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Vita Women's Shelter Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Brantford, 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 $3.2M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $279K.
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 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Emergency shelter 24 hour crisis support line counselling and transitional housing for women and children who are experiencing abuse and/or homelessness. Off-site counselling for perpetrators of abuse public awareness campaigns community engagement and partnerships. Trauma informed community capacity building for parents/ caregivers / professional of children who have witnessed domestic violence. Social enterprise for gently used women’s clothing
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $2.8M | $51K | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $2.8M | $44K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $3M | $3M | $2.8M | $29K | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $3M | $2.7M | $32K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.6M | $58K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $279K from 26 charities:
- Brant United Way$70K
- Canadahelps Canadon$69K
- Canadahelps Canadon$69K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$15K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$14K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Hope Christian Reformed Church of Brantford$5,125
- Stephen Smith & Dorothy Woltz Foundation$5,000
- WCPD Foundation$5,000
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Celebration Church Brant$2,000
- The Roger and Edith Davis Foundation$1,500
- Burford Pastoral Charge$1,201
- The Hensen Foundation$1,100
- Bethel Reformed Church$1,000
- Brantford Cornerstone Church$1,000
- Farringdon Independent Church$1,000
- The Bethel Community Gospel Centre$1,000
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$593
- Thrive Church Canada$538
- Thrive Church Canada$528
- Central Presbyterian Church$500
- Langford Community Church$400
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$392
- Burtch Baptist Church$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Oddi (president); Patricia Lovelock (vice - president); Safi Hafiz-Zadeh (treasurer); Susan Swackhammer (director); Shannon McMannis (director); Candis McInnes (director); Sasha Hill (director); Abby Avery (director); Michaela Kargus (director); Rae-Lynne Aramburo (director); Odion Akhirevbulu (director); Emily O'Kell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nova Vita Women's Shelter Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107771727RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.