Women's Shelter Saakaate House Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Kenora, Ontario · BN 107564338RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,534,951) as filed with the CRA.
Women's Shelter Saakaate House Inc. is a charitable organization based in Kenora, 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 $1.6M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
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 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Ongoing programs: shelter operations services transitional housing & support program counselling program performance management program northern ontario violence against women compter/financial literacy program. This is a shelter providing assistance to women and children in need who have experienced violence in a relationship and are feeling abused and seeking shelter.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $985K | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 6 charities:
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 positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kelsie Van Belleghem (director); Daniela Tsentouras (vice chair); Corrinne Coffey (director); Patricia Fairfield (director); Natasha Tsevende (director); Sherrie Quistberg (secretary); Jocelyn Dockerty (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Women's Shelter Saakaate House Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107564338RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.