Refugee Women's Network
Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·8 MIRIAM CRESCENT · RICHMOND HILL, ON · L4B 2P4·BN 784394322RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
66¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
34%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
1.5 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$144K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
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Is Refugee Women's Network a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 784394322RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Refugee Women's Network located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 8 MIRIAM CRESCENT, RICHMOND HILL, ON, L4B 2P4. Source.
What does Refugee Women's Network do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Refugee Women’s Network provides a response to the needs of refugee women and immigrant women settling in Toronto and the GTA by bridging the language barrier through education advocacy and supportive programs. Our mission is to empower refugee and new immigrant women with tools and resources to enhance and develop…" Full program description.
How much of Refugee Women's Network's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 66¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Refugee Women's Network?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $144K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Refugee Women’s Network provides a response to the needs of refugee women and immigrant women settling in Toronto and the GTA by bridging the language barrier through education advocacy and supportive programs. Our mission is to empower refugee and new immigrant women with tools and resources to enhance and develop their skills through education to successfully integrate into Canadian society while still maintaining respective cultural values. Refugee Women's Network's primary programs are the Learning Labs which are designed to help refugee women learn English in a safe supportive environme… Show more
Refugee Women’s Network provides a response to the needs of refugee women and immigrant women settling in Toronto and the GTA by bridging the language barrier through education advocacy and supportive programs. Our mission is to empower refugee and new immigrant women with tools and resources to enhance and develop their skills through education to successfully integrate into Canadian society while still maintaining respective cultural values. Refugee Women's Network's primary programs are the Learning Labs which are designed to help refugee women learn English in a safe supportive environment. The Learning Lab is currently the only program offered to all women by women without geographic or time restrictions. Refugee Women’s Network is open to all women regardless of when they immigrated to Canada. Refugee Women's Network also supports women through the Women Helping Women support group where women receive support for challenges they are facing from food insecurity domestic violence gender-based violence depression issues facing their children how to talk to their child's teacher and other issues women are facing. Refugee Women’s Network is about empowering refugee and immigrant women by helping them rebuild their lives.
New programs
We have added Financial Literacy and Digital Empowerment as part of our program to ensure newcomer women gain the skills to be employable and be financially literate. This also includes promoting and educating economic empowerment and entrepreneurship for women eager to start their own bakery or sewing business.
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
66¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 66¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 66¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
34%
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 ↗ · what this means
1.5 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$144K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)13%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
83%
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
13%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
83%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
4%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $8K | 8¢ | 9% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $98K | 94¢ | 5% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $157K | 87¢ | 13% | 0.2 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $153K | 90¢ | 10% | 0.9 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $77K | 100¢ | 1% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $144K | 66¢ | 34% | 1.5 yr |
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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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
8 directors reported · 8 of 8at arm's length
- Dhanidina, ZeinDirectorarm's length
- Gangani, KhairunissaDirectorarm's length
- Rhemtulla, ZebeenDirectorarm's length
- Lalani, AnishaDirectorarm's length
- Babul, ShelinaDirectorarm's length
- Tejani, AminDirectorarm's length
- Mohamed, MaleekaDirectorarm's length
- Nanji, AlDirectorarm'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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