Sara for Women Society
Publicly funded institution · Mission, British Columbia · BN 119043461RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,047,269) as filed with the CRA.
Sara for Women Society is a charitable organization based in Mission, British Columbia, 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 $7.6M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
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 49% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 52 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.4M in 2020 to $7.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Housing counselling & support outreach programs fronya thrift boutique
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.6M | $5M | $4.5M | $21K | $0 | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $5.4M | $5.7M | $4.9M | $23K | — | $952K |
| 2022 | $5.3M | $5.4M | $4.6M | $83K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $4.7M | $4.4M | $3.8M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.1M | $2.7M | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K from 17 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$8,890
- The Pera Giving Foundation$4,000
- Fondation RONA$3,641
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,500
- Abbotsford Community Foundation$2,497
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- Fondation RONA$1,201
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$900
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$767
- Abbotsford Community Foundation$634
- Fondation RONA$489
- ST. Matthew's Anglican Church$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$50
- Fondation RONA$0
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions52
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Grace Saris (chair); Corinne Molnar (treasurer); Linda Klippenstein (member); Colleen Walker (vice chair); Heather Beckett (secretary); Annmarie Charker (member); Kristi Rutherford (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sara for Women Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119043461RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.