Women on the rise
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 863674263RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($350,133) as filed with the CRA.
Women on the rise is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, 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 $444K in revenue and $350K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 50% from government, 39% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $92K.
Compared with 1,890 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 highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $140K in 2020 to $444K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Organization provides support programs and services to mothers with children from 0-5 years old: 1. - parents animator program; 2. - early childhod education program 3. - nutrition counts
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $444K | $350K | $298K | — | — | $182K |
| 2023 | $346K | $346K | $395K | — | — | $88K |
| 2022 | $230K | $229K | $194K | — | — | $88K |
| 2021 | $221K | $170K | $145K | — | — | $87K |
| 2020 | $140K | $118K | $83K | — | — | $35K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $92K from 7 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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$230K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Okewole Adejoke (director); Zeeta Maharaj (director); Martine Massarelli (director); Keisha Neufeld (treasurer); Catherine Oliver (secretary); Debbie Resurreccion (director); Michelle Riffin (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Women on the rise’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863674263RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.