YWCA NWT
Publicly funded institution · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories · BN 119307411RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,003,421) as filed with the CRA.
YWCA NWT is a charitable organization based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 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 $7.1M in revenue and $7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $327K.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Family Violence Shelters: It is a secure and anonymous place for women & their children to receive support while they are fleeing violence. Family Centre: The Centre is for children up to age 5. We focus on mental and physical wellness and our programs are for families and parents in need of a space to engage with their children through play and learning. Transitional Housing: We offer supportive temporary and emergency housing options to women and families. Within the Transitional Housing Program we also offer Focus Employment Program Cooking and Nutrition Program and Literacy & Comput…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.1M | $7M | $6.4M | $103K | — | $6.2M |
| 2023 | $6.5M | $6.1M | $5.7M | $73K | — | $6.1M |
| 2022 | $7.1M | $6.4M | $6.1M | $66K | — | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $6.5M | $6M | $6M | $74K | — | $5M |
| 2020 | $5.5M | $5M | $4.8M | $56K | — | $4.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $327K from 16 charities:
- Canadian Women's Foundation$75K
- United Way of Northwest Territories$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Women's Shelters Canada$25K
- The Yellowknife Community Foundation$25K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$22K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$22K
- Makeway Foundation$21K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$20K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$13K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$5,810
- Raising the Roof chez Toit$5,000
- Canadian Women's Foundation$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$48
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$3.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathy Spooner (director); Rose Jiang (director); Katherine Barton (director); Julie Green (president); Aida Nciri (member); Kate Wedzin (member); Perez Oyugi (member); Alexandra Lynn Napier (member); Rami Kaur (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from YWCA NWT’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119307411RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.