Direct Action in Support of Community Homes Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 101397644RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($31,055,367) as filed with the CRA.
Direct Action in Support of Community Homes Incorporated 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 $32.2M in revenue and $31.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $164K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. The charity reported 295 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Direct action in support of community homes inc. (dasch inc.) is organized to provide meaningful residential vocational and leisure programs in the community of winnipeg to persons with developmental disabilities by addressing their individuals physical emotional social and educational needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $32.2M | $31.1M | $29.2M | — | — | $5M |
| 2023 | $25.5M | $25M | $24.2M | — | — | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $24.1M | $23.5M | $21.7M | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $25.1M | $23.8M | $23M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $23.8M | $24.4M | $22.5M | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $164K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions295
- Total compensation, all staff$24.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jack Mutter (chairperson); Lesley Hamilton (vice-chairperson); Judy Wakeford (secretary); Chris Noonan (member at large); Erik Dyck (member at large); Bill Starke (member at large); Desiree Katz (member at large); Debrah Wirtzfeld (compliance office); Duane Brothers (member at large); Mona Mitchell (member at large); Michael Contento (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Direct Action in Support of Community Homes Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 101397644RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.