Dakota Ojibway Child and Family Services Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Carberry, Manitoba · BN 886294750RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($41,468,991) as filed with the CRA.
Dakota Ojibway Child and Family Services Inc. is a charitable organization based in Carberry, Manitoba, 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 $37.1M in revenue and $41.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 200 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provides foster care to aboriginal children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $37.1M | $41.5M | $38.2M | — | — | -$9.9M |
| 2023 | $46.3M | $47.2M | $44.8M | — | — | $18.1M |
| 2022 | $43.4M | $42.3M | $40.4M | — | — | $18.2M |
| 2021 | $47M | $46.2M | $43.5M | — | — | $16M |
| 2020 | $42.9M | $39.3M | $37.4M | — | — | $10.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 2 charities:
- Movember Canada$38K
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,889
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions200
- Total compensation, all staff$11K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carson Benn (board member); Alvina Chaske (board member); Marvin Daniels (board member); Michael Esquash (board member); Jason Henry (board member); Alice McKinney (board member); Myles Miller (board member); Gerald Sandy (board member); Don Smoke (chairperson).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dakota Ojibway Child and Family Services Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886294750RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.