Brandon Friendship Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Brandon, Manitoba · BN 118816677RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,086,065) as filed with the CRA.
Brandon Friendship Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Brandon, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $6.4M in revenue and $6.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $113K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 173 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.7M in 2020 to $6.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provides education culture and employment opportunities to first nations and metis people.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.4M | $6.1M | $5.3M | $45K | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $5M | $4.5M | $14K | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $4.7M | $4.1M | $3.7M | $45K | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $3.4M | $21K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $3.7M | $3.3M | $45K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $113K from 8 charities:
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$75K
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$11K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,725
- Right To Food$5,000
- The Brandon Area Community Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Prairie to Pine Regional Council - The United Church of Canada$5,000
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$192
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions173
- Total compensation, all staff$3.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amanda Conway (member); Paul Fowell (member); Aldin Foy (member); Lorraine Messing (treasurer); Lorne Mosionier (vice president); Darlene Paquette (secretary/treasurer); Jackie Sinclair (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brandon Friendship Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118816677RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.