Vesta Recovery Program for Women Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Renfrew, Ontario · BN 132433020RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($591,748) as filed with the CRA.
Vesta Recovery Program for Women Inc. is a charitable organization based in Renfrew, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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, 2023, it reported $599K in revenue and $592K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,181.
Compared with 745 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Residential treatment for women struggling to recover from the use or misuse of substances.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $599K | $592K | $467K | — | — | $233K |
| 2022 | $535K | $568K | $547K | — | — | $226K |
| 2021 | $560K | $543K | $524K | — | — | $259K |
| 2020 | $539K | $517K | $517K | — | — | $240K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,181 from 2 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$390K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Caitlin Cardill (board director); Denise Galipeau (board director); Lucy Bender (president); Chatzikiriakos Vaughnette (board director); Alexandra Christie (vice president); Glenn La Rusic (treasurer); Jane Van Moorsel (secretary); Nan Lowe (board director); Karine Dion (board director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vesta Recovery Program for Women Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132433020RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.