Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107897688RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,250,340) as filed with the CRA.
Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
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 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $850K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Riwc is a community-based registered charity with a mission to empower equity-deserving groups and create flourishing communities by mobilizing resources and supports at the local and systemic levels. We provide a community-centered environment that recognizes indigenous and 2slgntq+ rights confronts racism including anti-black racism and islamophobia and welcomes all people. Our programs include: violence against women counselling essential pathways to employment food service and hospitality training (through united way and city of toronto) stabilization support services islamophobia h…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $500K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1M | $876K | — | — | $451K |
| 2022 | $998K | $965K | — | — | — | $415K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $712K | — | — | $383K |
| 2020 | $850K | $838K | $712K | — | — | $350K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 2 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$621K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sabrina De Oliveira (president); Katayon Qahir (treasurer); Sanifa Holaki (secretary); Tosin Adekanmbi (vice president); Viviane Rutabingwa (member); Nuzhath Leedham (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107897688RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.