Women's Initiatives for Safer Environments/initiatives des Femmes pour la Securite Environmentale
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 135064590RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($189,823) as filed with the CRA.
Women's Initiatives for Safer Environments/initiatives des Femmes pour la Securite Environmentale is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under protective health care. 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 $192K in revenue and $190K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,398.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
*Community Safety audits - addressing the safety concerns of women and vulnerable members of society in public spaces neighbourhoods parks public facilities etc.; *Workplace Safety Audits - addressing safety concerns for women and vulnerable persons who may be working alone in their jobs or are feeling at risk of sexual harassment bullying and stocking in the workplace; *Community safety Audits for Youth - engaging youth in leadership roles in addressing safety in their important public spaces; *Personal Safety Workshops – Interactive flexible workshops designed to address the need…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $192K | $190K | $161K | $8 | — | $102K |
| 2023 | $190K | $186K | $158K | $33 | — | $100K |
| 2022 | $182K | $175K | $154K | $53 | — | $95K |
| 2021 | $206K | $198K | $178K | $53 | — | $88K |
| 2020 | $175K | $168K | — | — | — | $80K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,398 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$153K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristy-Lu Desrosiers (co-treasurer); Hailey DiCaita (vice chair); Sarah Scott (director); Chloe Watt (chair); Seray Caglayan (co-treasurer); Jennifer Blackaller Ruiz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Women's Initiatives for Safer Environments/initiatives des Femmes pour la Securite Environmentale’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135064590RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.