The Oshawa Young Women's Christian Association
Publicly funded institution · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 121790240RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,646,483) as filed with the CRA.
The Oshawa Young Women's Christian Association is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $174K.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $350 in 2024, the largest being $200 to Legacy of Hope Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Transitional housing for homeless single woman -emergency shelter for abused women and their children -long term counselling services for abused women -supportive housing for ‘hard to house’ women and women led families in a rent-geared-to-income apartment building (social housing) -outreach and transitional services for abused women -community enrichment and recreational programs -2nd stage housing to single ‘at risk’ / abused women -job and life skills training/ mentoring for residents
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $373 | $350 | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $1,460 | $800 | $2M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.7M | $2.4M | — | $1,550 | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.3M | — | $40 | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $2,321 | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $350 to 4 qualified donees:
Received $174K from 10 charities:
- United Way of Durham Region$125K
- Harrison-Cooper Foundation$10K
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Hann Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,133
- Herman Kassinger Foundation$3,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,427
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- CHUM Charitable Foundation$2,150
- Neil Murkar Charitable Foundation—
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
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicole Butt (vice-president); Brenda Cowie Wickett (president); Erica Pereira (treasurer); Cynthia Hill (director); Marie-Claude Gaudreault (director); Lauren D'Angelo (secretary); Lorraine Carrington (director); Allison Henry (director); Polina Martins (director); Mohiba Musavi (director); Sarah Kimsey (director); Maureen Hosein (director); Nishreena Nisham (director); Sapna Rajput (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Oshawa Young Women's Christian Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121790240RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.