Forward House Ministries Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 898594064RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($514,640) as filed with the CRA.
Forward House Ministries 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $648K in revenue and $515K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 76% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $242K in 2020 to $648K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Forward house ministries is a second-stage transitional housing program for men who have completed detox and want additional support in the community before transitioning to permanent housing. They offer 24-hour holistic support to men who have experienced incarceration addictions mental health issues homelessness and poverty.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $648K | $515K | $381K | — | — | $460K |
| 2023 | $739K | $399K | $307K | — | — | $327K |
| 2022 | $367K | $317K | $317K | — | — | -$224K |
| 2021 | $214K | $390K | $301K | — | — | $16K |
| 2020 | $242K | $387K | — | — | — | $146K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 12 charities:
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,327
- Willowdale Fellowship$2,700
- The Winnipeg Foundation$2,000
- Value Partners Charitable Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Lakeside Gospel Chapel$2,000
- Grant Memorial Baptist Church Inc$1,500
- Crestview Fellowship Inc$1,500
- Ron Bartlette Wellness Training Inc.$1,000
- Abundance Canada$500
- Place Of Grace$300
- Covenant Christian Reformed Church Inc$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$195K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Kreis (chair/treasurer); Scott Groen (secretary); Neil Craton (director); Angelika Fletcher (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forward House Ministries Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898594064RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.