Community Foundation of Portage and District Inc.
Public foundation · Portage la Prairie, Manitoba · BN 140660846RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($862,102) as filed with the CRA.
Community Foundation of Portage and District Inc. is a public foundation based in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.9M in revenue and $862K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 32 qualified donees totalling $272K in 2024, the largest being $50K to West Park School. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $3.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Operate a community foundation to provide financial support to other charitable causes in portage la prarie and district.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $862K | $327K | — | $479K | $17.8M |
| 2023 | $2M | $845K | $355K | — | $433K | $14.8M |
| 2022 | $338K | $699K | $546K | — | $111K | $13.6M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $653K | $198K | — | $386K | $10.8M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $506K | $358K | — | $122K | $11.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $272K to 32 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- West Park School$50K
- The Child and Family Services of Central Manitoba Foundationinc$24K
- National Indigenous Residential School Museum of Canada Inc.$23K
- Prairie Fusion - Arts and Entertainment Inc.$18K
- Herman Prior Senior Services Centre Inc$18K
- Portage Service for Seniors Inc.$14K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Plains Inc.$12K
- Oakville Community Club Inc.$11K
- Fort la Reine Museum Pioneer Village and Tourist Bureau Inc.$11K
- Portage la Prairie Friendship Center Incorporated$10K
- High Bluff Co-Operative Community Club Inc$10K
- Sunset Palliative CARE Inc.$9,410
- Girl Guides of Canada/Guides Du Canada$7,110
- Youth for Christ/ Portage in Corporated$5,260
- Portage Animal Welfare Society Inc.$5,085
- Lions Prairie Manor Foundation Inc.$4,880
- Special Olympics of Manitoba$4,750
- Valley View Bible Camp and Retreat Centre$4,500
- Trinity United Church$3,635
- The Portage District General Hospital Foundation$3,210
- Trinity United Church$3,210
- The Lung Association Manitoba Inc.$3,210
- Central Plains Cancer Care Services$3,125
- Portage la Prairie Regional Library$2,775
- Prospect Cemetery Maintenance Fund$2,490
Received $10K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$92K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ken Brennan (past chair); Stephanie Verhoeven (director); Doug Pedden (treasurer); Warren Neufeld (vice-chair); Sherrie Palmer (director); Amy Chappellaz (director); Cathie McFarlane (vice chair); Pat Nodrick (director); Barry Greenberg (director); Garry Wright (director); Divjot Divjot (director); Aaron Pierre (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Foundation of Portage and District Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140660846RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.