Alternatives Inc
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 890184245RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($83,201) as filed with the CRA.
Alternatives Inc is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 April 30, 2021, it reported $135K in revenue and $83K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $241.
Compared with 1,228 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
ALTERNATIVES INC publishes A\J or Alternatives Journal which is Canada's national environmental magazine independently publishing intelligent and informed environmental journalism since 1971. Alternatives Journal continues to provide reliable insight on contemporary environmental discourse and it remains a vital part of the environmental community forging new bonds between scholars activists and professionals. We provide a canvas for storytellers in print and increasingly online to share their stories of harrowing challenges and inspiring achievements the types of stories that reso…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $135K | $83K | $65K | — | $0 | -$35K |
| 2020 | $80K | $108K | $91K | — | — | -$25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $241 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$93K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Victoria Mikhnovsky (director); David Rodgers (secretary); David McConnachie (tresurer).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alternatives Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890184245RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.