Young Women's Christian Association of Halifax
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 108229881RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,150,192) as filed with the CRA.
Young Women's Christian Association of Halifax is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. 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 $11.4M in revenue and $11.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $434K.
Compared with 29 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 122 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.9M in 2020 to $11.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
We build security promote wellness and create opportunities for woman girls two spirited and gender divers people and their families by providing integrated services. We offer affordable housing programs employment programs youth programs childcare services financial literacy programs and anti-trafficking programs and educational programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.4M | $11.2M | $8.6M | $181K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $9M | $8.6M | $7.3M | $143K | — | $907K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $19K | — | $556K |
| 2021 | $5.7M | $5.5M | $4.5M | $102K | — | $515K |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $4.6M | $3.9M | $106K | — | $316K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $434K from 28 charities:
- Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc$100K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$50K
- The Windsor Foundation$50K
- Community Foundations of Canada$37K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$30K
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- River Philip Foundation$15K
- Halifax Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor$11K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$10K
- The Christina and Hedley G. Ivany Charitable Foundation$10K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$6,500
- Halifax Protestant Infants Foundation$6,000
- Halifax Protestant Infants Foundation$6,000
- Halifax Protestant Infants Foundation$5,000
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,010
- O.E. Smith Trust$2,907
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$2,655
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,500
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$1,500
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$1,250
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions122
- Total compensation, all staff$6.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Ashton (president); Sylvia Parris-Drummond (vice president); Kate Shewan (treasurer); Sharon Ishimwe (secretary); Camilla Quaglia (director); Leslie Bishop (member); Melanie Bremner (member); Sascha Hamilton-Miller (member); Alma Khalouf (member); Hanna Al Sharief (member); Chika Chiekwe (member); Sumaya El-falah (member); Haneen Al-Noman (member); Barrinique Griffin (member); Nikki Martin (member); Daniella Sam (member); Eva Parada (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Young Women's Christian Association of Halifax’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108229881RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.