Refugee Women's Network
Publicly funded institution · Richmond Hill, Ontario · BN 784394322RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($135,703) as filed with the CRA.
Refugee Women's Network is a charitable organization based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $144K in revenue and $136K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Refugee Women’s Network provides a response to the needs of refugee women and immigrant women settling in Toronto and the GTA by bridging the language barrier through education advocacy and supportive programs. Our mission is to empower refugee and new immigrant women with tools and resources to enhance and develop their skills through education to successfully integrate into Canadian society while still maintaining respective cultural values. Refugee Women's Network's primary programs are the Learning Labs which are designed to help refugee women learn English in a safe supportive environme…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $144K | $136K | $90K | $2,695 | — | $23K |
| 2023 | $77K | $113K | $113K | — | — | -$15K |
| 2022 | $153K | $141K | $127K | $823 | — | $112K |
| 2021 | $157K | $138K | $120K | $1,072 | — | $22K |
| 2020 | $98K | $55K | $51K | — | — | $51K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$111K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Zein Dhanidina (director); Khairunissa Gangani (director); Zebeen Rhemtulla (director); Anisha Lalani (director); Shelina Babul (director); Amin Tejani (director); Maleeka Mohamed (director); Al Nanji (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Refugee Women's Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 784394322RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.