Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119154607RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,584,245) as filed with the CRA.
Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $107K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $383K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We provide a number of youth engagement programs such as ms infinity (math & science and infinity of career choices) – to introduce girls to exciting career options and positive female role models in science and technology; e-mentoring to connect young women with scientific role-models; and quantum leaps conferences that the young women organize with templates support and seed funding from scwist. For new canadian immigrating women in stem (iwis) – scwist provides support and a community where stem-trained women can share their experience seek advice and broaden their networks as they bui…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $69K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $701K |
| 2022 | $941K | $614K | $552K | — | $3,200 | $561K |
| 2021 | $607K | $521K | $496K | — | $1,900 | $234K |
| 2020 | $383K | $380K | $358K | — | $2,200 | $4,473 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $107K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$289K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tam Pham (youth engagement); Nirali Rathwa (marketing); Vicki Strong; Lau Gigi; Tharsini Sivathasan.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119154607RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.