Centre d'Innovation des Premiers Peuples / First Peoples Innovation Center
Publicly funded institution · Gatineau, Quebec · BN 804474336RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,331,738) as filed with the CRA.
Centre d'Innovation des Premiers Peuples / First Peoples Innovation Center is a charitable organization based in Gatineau, Quebec, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $463K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $5.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Assister et épauler le développement d'initiatives qui apportent une réponse nouvelle à la précarité dans laquelle vivent de nombreuses communautés autochtones. Developper des partenariats avec des organismes de la régions pour soutenir les projets liés aux communautés autochtones.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $5.3M | $5.1M | — | — | $253K |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $4.3M | $4M | — | — | $308K |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.4M | — | — | $99K |
| 2021 | $770K | $790K | $630K | — | — | $28K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $968K | — | — | $72K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $463K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,99919 positions
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marco Bacon (président); Alexandre Bacon (secrétaire); Bruno Bonneville (trésorier); Claudette Dumont-Smith (vice-présidente); Ricky Fontaine (administrateur); Bertrand Dudos (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre d'Innovation des Premiers Peuples / First Peoples Innovation Center’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804474336RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.