Scarborough Women's Centre
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 107959660RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($806,425) as filed with the CRA.
Scarborough Women's Centre is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $946K in revenue and $806K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 35% from government, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $243K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 61 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $591K in 2020 to $946K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Scarborough women's centre (swc) empowers women to become economically and emotionally independent for future success and to strengthen their local communities free from violence. The centre delivers programs and services to promote positive change for women in a safe inclusive and welcoming environment. All services are free. Each year swc supports thousands of women in our community through opportunities for counselling mentorship and education. Since 1982 swc has supported over 175 000 women and children. Supports include: - information referral and resources -webinars and workshop…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $946K | $806K | $679K | $1,305 | — | $411K |
| 2023 | $813K | $747K | $689K | $1,363 | — | $271K |
| 2022 | $792K | $737K | $589K | $4,169 | — | $204K |
| 2021 | $590K | $574K | $504K | $1,777 | — | $141K |
| 2020 | $591K | $591K | $518K | $900 | — | $125K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $243K from 16 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$50K
- Mackenzie Investments Charitable Foundation$35K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- Tippet Foundation$16K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$14K
- Johansen-Larsen Foundation$7,500
- Toronto Foundation$6,137
- Rotary Club of North Scarborough Foundation$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,147
- Canadian Women's Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$597
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$500
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions61
- Total compensation, all staff$641K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carolyn Ling (president); Jen Macbruce (treasurer); Sumrana Taher (board member); Diana Chan (board member); Arianna Bhagwansingh (board member); Erin Ritchie (vice president); Gulshan Allibhai (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Scarborough Women's Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107959660RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.