Equal Opportunities West Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119176907RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,768,241) as filed with the CRA.
Equal Opportunities West Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, 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 $2.9M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Services for the physically or mentally challenged. Employment preparation and training.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.8M | — | — | $485K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.2M | — | — | $436K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.9M | — | — | $556K |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2.1M | — | — | $646K |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.7M | — | — | $251K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $24K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99914 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sean Borton (director); Terry Pitzel (past chair); George Anderson (chair); Jennifer Zychowka (vice chair); Keith Todd (secretary); Michael Hart (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Equal Opportunities West Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119176907RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.