Women & Children's Shelter (barrie)
Publicly funded institution · Barrie, Ontario · BN 129951588RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,076,869) as filed with the CRA.
Women & Children's Shelter (barrie) is a charitable organization based in Barrie, 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 $2.5M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 34 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $596K.
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 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The charity provides accommodation counselling support services and safety for women and children involved in situations of family violence or abuse in the county of simcoe and surrounding area. The charity also provides instruction information and a community presence in order to heighten public awareness of family violence and abuse
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.1M | $1.7M | $21K | — | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $28K | — | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.1M | $1.7M | $28K | — | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $1.9M | $1.5M | $28K | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $20K | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $596K from 34 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$144K
- Canadahelps Canadon$144K
- Christian Stewardship Services$130K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$33K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$31K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$25K
- Legacy Plus Foundation Canada$15K
- Melchior Family Foundation$15K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$10K
- The Barrie Colts Foundation$5,000
- The Albarrie Foundation$5,000
- The Albarrie Foundation$5,000
- The Guelph Community Foundation$5,000
- First Christian Reformed Church of Barrie Ont$4,540
- Barrie Community Foundation$4,275
- ST John Vianney Parish Council No 10370 Charitable Welfare Trust$3,000
- Fondation RONA$2,776
- The Tonglen Foundation$2,500
- Fondation RONA$2,389
- Canada Gives$2,000
- Collier Street United Church$1,436
- North-West Barrie United Church$1,295
- Melchior Family Foundation$1,050
- United Way of Greater Toronto$733
- The Rotary Club of Barrie Ontario Canada Inc.$625
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 positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Burgess (director); Valerie Gates (director); Anne Marie Dixon (director); Rob Broley (secretary); Kerri Graham (treasurer); Lindsay Danko (director); Lisa Harripersad (chair); Ira Stevanovic (director); Sameera Khatoon Hyder (director); Aaron Geertsema (director); Hina Waheed (director); Denise Balfe (director); Nicole Blanchard (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Women & Children's Shelter (barrie)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129951588RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.