Supporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN Vancouver) Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 853176295RR0001 · Upholding Human Rights · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($818,480) as filed with the CRA.
Supporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN Vancouver) Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under upholding human rights. 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 $730K in revenue and $818K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 61% from government, 21% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $113K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $252K in 2020 to $730K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Outreach: In-person outreach to promote health safety and well-being by facilitating access to healthcare services and safer sex supplies; social services; immigration services; and legal information and resources. Netreach: Online outreach to provide aforementioned services Peer Program: Social and educational events and activities to foster community and support informed decision-making in the areas of health social legal immigration and other areas of women's lives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $730K | $818K | $773K | — | — | $139K |
| 2023 | $864K | $820K | $773K | $1,143 | — | $227K |
| 2022 | $638K | $532K | $433K | $1,468 | — | $183K |
| 2021 | $395K | $374K | $342K | $195 | — | $77K |
| 2020 | $252K | $263K | $250K | — | $100 | $56K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $113K from 12 charities:
- Canadian Women's Foundation$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$14K
- SpencerCreo Foundation$6,000
- Face the World Foundation$5,000
- The Hamber Foundation$3,000
- UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Women's Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$84
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$26
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$624K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mindy Abramowitz (chair and co-treasurer); Huijia Yang (co-treasurer); Bronwyn McBride (secretary); Stephanie Sia (director); Melody Wise (director); Kristina Corpin-Moser (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Supporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN Vancouver) Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853176295RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.