The Equality Effect
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 845378009RR0001 · Upholding Human Rights · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,428,816) as filed with the CRA.
The Equality Effect is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under upholding human rights. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from government, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $342K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $436K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The Equality Effect uses human rights law to achieve concrete change in the lives of women and girls in Ghana Kenya and Malawi - change that will improve the health safety and standard of living of women and girls. 16 Girls: the '160 Girls' project is a legal initiative that aims to achieve justice and protect against rape for all girls in Kenya and Malawi. 3 to be free: An action plan to address the legal impunity for marital rape in 3 countries (Kenya Ghana and Malawi) in 3 years using 3 strategies: education policy reform and litigation. The Customary Law Project: The relationship …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $91K | — | $884K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $33K | — | $796K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $31K | — | $746K |
| 2021 | $685K | $504K | $437K | $34K | — | $765K |
| 2020 | $436K | $301K | $230K | $44K | — | $584K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $342K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$211K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Theresa Widdifield (member); Patricia Nyaundi (member); Morgan Sim (president); Kim Bernhardt (member); Anne Marie Mayne (treasurer); Jenna Kara (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Equality Effect’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845378009RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.