Refuge pour les Femmes de l'Ouest de l'Ile/west Island Women's Shelter

Refuge pour les Femmes de l'Ouest de l'Ile/west Island Women's Shelter is a charitable organization based in Kirkland, Quebec, 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 $3.5M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $179K.

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 12% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.

Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $3.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.