WEST KOOTENAY WOMENS ASSOCIATION
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·420 MILL ST · NELSON, BC · V1L 4R9·BN 119294122RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The primary program of the West Kootenay Women's Association is the Drop-in Resource and Referral Program. This program is currently offered three days a week and supports approximately 300 women gender-diverse individuals and children annually. We support approximately 170 service user interactions each month through drop-in. Drop-in offers a safe space to receive support information a nutritious meal access to the food hamper program free clothing store peer support counseling and referrals to outside agencies for support with sexual assault sexual health housing poverty and le… Show more
The primary program of the West Kootenay Women's Association is the Drop-in Resource and Referral Program. This program is currently offered three days a week and supports approximately 300 women gender-diverse individuals and children annually. We support approximately 170 service user interactions each month through drop-in. Drop-in offers a safe space to receive support information a nutritious meal access to the food hamper program free clothing store peer support counseling and referrals to outside agencies for support with sexual assault sexual health housing poverty and legal issues.. In addition to these services we offer a comprehensive volunteer training program that introduces volunteers to topics such as feminism inclusion anti-oppression self-care conflict resolution and information about other resources in our community. We also facilitate a youth empowerment program for girls and gender diverse individuals aged 8-16 addressing health sexuality inclusion empowerment education skill development social media awareness and more. We empower our community and provide support to those in need through our unique programs. Our Vision is Equality in a world free of oppression.
New programs
No new programs in year.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)95¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 95¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)5%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.6 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$207K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)6%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)24%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $133K | 89¢ | 11% | 0.6 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $118K | 100¢ | 0% | 0.8 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $85K | 87¢ | 13% | — |
| 2022-03-31 | $95K | 91¢ | 9% | — |
| 2023-03-31 | $135K | 91¢ | 9% | 1 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $207K | 95¢ | 5% | 0.6 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- Chappell, SuzzanneeDirectorarm's length
- Marsland, KerryTreasurerarm's length
- Deverall, VanessaDirectorarm's length
- Kafrissen, KaiDirectorarm's length
- McCabe, ZoeDirectorarm's length
- Deynaka, ChristineDirectorarm's length
- Southham, MeganDirectorarm's length
- Penfound, LaurenDirectorarm's length
- DeWitt, DeenaDirectorarm's length
- Batra, Jaspreet KaurDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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