Womanact
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 872766878RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($972,733) as filed with the CRA.
Womanact is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.1M in revenue and $973K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,238.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $523K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
WomanACT is a charitable organization that provides coordination planning and community mobilization to address and ultimately end violence against women. Our membership consists of both organizations and individuals dedicated to achieving system change in the fight against gender-based violence. Through collaborative efforts we work to eradicate gender-based violence by focusing on research education and community engagement. As a coordinating body WomanACT plays a critical role in identifying gaps in services supporting policy development and facilitating pilot projects. We undertak…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $973K | $862K | $9,451 | — | $529K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $978K | $9,118 | — | $363K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $972K | $854K | $6,596 | — | $311K |
| 2021 | $616K | $576K | $475K | $5,126 | — | $222K |
| 2020 | $523K | $462K | $368K | $27K | — | $181K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,238 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$554K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amninder Sandhu (treasurer); Patricia Coelho (secretary); Ramona Chereches (director); Anita Ghosh (director); Usma Qreshi (director); Brooke Huestis (director); Kristen Holmes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Womanact’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872766878RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.