Saint John Women's Empowerment Network Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 826944522RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($301,656) as filed with the CRA.
Saint John Women's Empowerment Network Inc. is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, 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, 2021, it reported $371K in revenue and $302K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government, 34% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 2,126 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The purpose of saint john women's empowerment network inc. Is to reduce poverty in saint john through raising awareness developing capacity and by removing barriers through education creating opportunities and informing the community and decision makers. Ongoing programs include powerup-10 week leadership program offered 3 times a year designed to help women take their next steps toward self-sufficiency. Learn'n go- 3 part program aimed at providing residents of priority neighbourhoods with skills and opportunities to facilitate social and economic change. Poverty workshops-designed to p…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $371K | $302K | $279K | — | — | $379K |
| 2020 | $252K | $217K | $210K | — | — | $310K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $50K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$215K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Christina Fowler (executive director); Randall Hatfield (board member); Kathleen Hickey (treasurer); Joanne Britton (board member); Michelle Francis-Doyle (board member); Patricia Skidmore (board emmber); Tracey Horne (board member); Dianne McQuade-Clark (board member).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saint John Women's Empowerment Network Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826944522RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.