Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories · BN 725221121RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,063,748) as filed with the CRA.
Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation is a charitable organization based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 $1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $117K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Arctic Inspiration Prize Canadian Women's Society City of Yellowknife - Admin Fund City of Yellowknife - Indigenous Case Management Diavik Diamond Mine - Rio Tinto FNIHB - Feasibility Study FNIHB - Expanded Trauma FNIHB - Culture Support FNIHB- Mental Wellness GNWT - Territorial Wellness Initiative Tlicho Government - Hotii Ts'eeda ISC Meal Reimbursements
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.1M | $973K | — | — | $180K |
| 2023 | $437K | $300K | $44K | — | — | $109K |
| 2022 | $925K | — | $972K | — | — | $61K |
| 2021 | $982K | $990K | $990K | — | — | $107K |
| 2020 | $1M | $963K | — | — | $36K | $115K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $117K from 9 charities:
- Canadian Women's Foundation$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- The Purpleville Foundation$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,657
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$108
- United Way of Northwest Territories$39
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$24
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$13
- United Way of Regina$4
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$582K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Magnolla Unka (chairman); Nicole Redvers (director); Killulark Arngna'naaq (director); Thomsen D'Hont (vice chairman); Noni Paulette (director); Laney Beaulieu (director); Francois Paulette.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 725221121RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.