Community Respite Service Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 101072254RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,467,619) as filed with the CRA.
Community Respite Service 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 $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
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 14% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Office administered and self-administered respite programs are being provided in the winnipeg and westman regions in order to provide relief to the care givers of mentally and physically challenged children ad adults.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.1M | — | — | $98K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $865K | — | — | $94K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $90K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.1M | — | — | $97K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Lafreniere (director); Michelle Markmann (treasurer); David Peters (chairperson); Amy Robinson (vice-chair person); Corrine Ullman (director); Lisa Flather (director); Roger McPhail (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Respite Service Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 101072254RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.