West Kootenay Women S Association
Charitable organization · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 119294122RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($153,980) as filed with the CRA.
West Kootenay Women S Association is a charitable organization based in Nelson, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $207K in revenue and $154K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 24% from government, 53% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $89K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $118K in 2020 to $207K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The primary program of the West Kootenay Women's Association is the Drop-in Resource and Referral Program. This program is currently offered three days a week and supports approximately 300 women gender-diverse individuals and children annually. We support approximately 170 service user interactions each month through drop-in. Drop-in offers a safe space to receive support information a nutritious meal access to the food hamper program free clothing store peer support counseling and referrals to outside agencies for support with sexual assault sexual health housing poverty and le…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $207K | $154K | $146K | $0 | — | $244K |
| 2023 | $135K | $144K | $130K | $144 | $0 | $194K |
| 2022 | $95K | $106K | $96K | — | — | $199K |
| 2021 | $85K | $58K | $51K | — | $0 | $210K |
| 2020 | $118K | $113K | $112K | $400 | — | $183K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $89K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$102K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kerry Marsland (treasurer); Kai Kafrissen (director); Christine Deynaka (director); Megan Southham (director); Lauren Penfound (director); Deena DeWitt (director); Jaspreet Kaur Batra (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Kootenay Women S Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119294122RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.