Women's Economic Council
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 842279549RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,553,450) as filed with the CRA.
Women's Economic Council is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,205.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $26K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Canadian Council of Muslim Women. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $527K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Community economic development through womn led initiatives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $976K | — | $577K | $188K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.4M | — | $499K | $85K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | $80K | $80K |
| 2021 | $565K | $542K | — | — | — | $60K |
| 2020 | $527K | $525K | — | — | — | $70K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $26K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $8,205 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$632K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marie Bassey (president); Geraldine Jippe (director); Zhang-Chapman Jessica (treasurer); Sara Raza (secretary); Leena Yahia (director); Raj Brar (director); Gillian Creese (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Women's Economic Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842279549RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.