FASD Life's Journey Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 841725278RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($52,228,003) as filed with the CRA.
FASD Life's Journey 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 $52.3M in revenue and $52.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 516 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $30.2M in 2020 to $52.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
At life's journey we strive to build on mentoring relationship to meet each person where they are at. We provide services that are clinically informed culturally relevant wellness oriented and relationship and strengths-based with environmental adaptations and case managment to support each program participant to practice their gifts all housing serivce are individualised to the program participant and committed to providing a sense of home. Residential program providing individualised options including shift-staffed residences and cluster housing resources. Home share program providing…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52.3M | $52.2M | $46.1M | — | — | $30K |
| 2023 | $48.6M | $49.1M | $42.6M | — | — | -$2,617 |
| 2022 | $45.8M | $45.9M | $40.1M | — | — | $583K |
| 2021 | $38.1M | $38.3M | $33.5M | — | — | $679K |
| 2020 | $30.2M | $30.5M | $36.6M | — | — | $938K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $46K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions516
- Total compensation, all staff$32.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harvy Frankel (director); Robert Falcon-Ouellette (director); Derna Hintz (director); Sandra Dorbolo (director); Holly Gammon (director); Patti Umpherville (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from FASD Life's Journey Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 841725278RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.