Dream Factory Foundation Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119108777RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,801,587) as filed with the CRA.
Dream Factory Foundation Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $511K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Grant dreams to children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $2.8M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $1.3M | $873K | — | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $2.1M | $1.1M | $768K | — | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.1M | $657K | $264K | — | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $631K | $338K | — | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $511K from 28 charities:
- The Bertram Austin Goodman May Easton McLaren Goodman and Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation$200K
- Place2Give Foundation$111K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$37K
- Carolyn Sifton Foundation Incorporated$25K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$17K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- The Pollard Family Foundation Inc.$13K
- Abundance Canada$10K
- Kindred Foundation$10K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$9,133
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,901
- Norwex Foundation for a Brighter Future Inc.$8,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$7,186
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,000
- The Asper Foundation$5,500
- Estelle and Iser Kay Family Foundation Inc.$5,354
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$4,000
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$3,670
- Winnipeg Goldeyes Field of Dreams Foundation Inc.$3,000
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$3,000
- The Ernst Hansch Foundation Inc.$2,500
- True North Youth Foundation Inc.$1,704
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,426
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$1,013
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$905
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$573K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Patrick (vice president); BJ Langdon (treasurer); Jeff Herlick (board member); Chris Hohl (medical advisor); Kate Holden (president); Leilani Kagan (secretary); Glen Lafrenais (board member); Mike Mackinnon (board member); Haley Yurman (board member); Jessa Earle (board member); Amber Saleem (board member); Ngoc Truong (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dream Factory Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119108777RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.