Bravestone Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119301745RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($621,513) as filed with the CRA.
Bravestone Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, 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 $679K in revenue and $622K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $339K in 2020 to $679K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Bravestone centre provides women and their children affected by domestice violence with full-time counselling and support programs while living in the safety of our 1 year program. Women and children respectively attend regularly scheduled individual and group therapy and a variety of support programs. Families live on-site in bravestone centre furnished suites. The program premises are fully secured confedential and camera monitored. Families continue their counselling after graduation through the follow-up program while they integrate back into the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $679K | $622K | $469K | $11K | — | $229K |
| 2023 | $632K | $595K | $462K | $40K | — | $172K |
| 2022 | $611K | $513K | $371K | $5,537 | — | $95K |
| 2021 | $457K | $451K | $350K | $844 | — | -$2,757 |
| 2020 | $339K | $350K | $268K | $6,005 | — | -$9,501 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 3 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$476K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Code (treasurer); Aruna Hall (past chair); Kara Moore (chairperson); Michele Vandenbroeck (secretary); Tamara Wells (director); Carol Hiscock (director); Odiri Ajakpovi (director); Linda Palmer (director); Krista Forte (director); Onwughalu Francis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bravestone Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119301745RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.