Working Women Community Centre
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119304368RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,166,705) as filed with the CRA.
Working Women Community Centre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $6.3M in revenue and $6.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government, 20% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 56 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Providing settlement programs and counseling to newcomers to canada - support groups for women - holding support groups and information workshops to newcomers - facilitation mentoring program for youth and students - teaching english – linc (language instruction for newcomers to canada) classes and providing childcare (on-site)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.3M | $6.2M | — | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $6.9M | $6.9M | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $6M | $5.9M | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $5.9M | $5.7M | $5M | $4,349 | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $6M | $5.8M | — | — | — | $901K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1M from 9 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 positions56
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emily Chiu (president); Lia Whyte (treasurer); Mariette Matos (vice president); Alexandra Panousis (secretary); Diana Oliveira (director); Karen Sun (director); Rozana Khalil (director); Ofelia Isabel (director); Julie Davidson (director); Laura Penalosa (director); Christal Huang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Working Women Community Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119304368RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.