Freedom International School Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 755945318RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($914,068) as filed with the CRA.
Freedom International School Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $870K in revenue and $914K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 40% from government, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $240K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $251K in 2020 to $870K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Operate a school providing English language learning and academic recovery programming primarily for low-income newcomer youth; free breakfast & lunch program for students; leadership education; religious education; music and art programming youth job training summer enrichment program. Approximately 80 volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $870K | $914K | $835K | $28K | $0 | $200K |
| 2023 | $796K | $794K | $724K | $24K | $0 | $244K |
| 2022 | $733K | $674K | $610K | $29K | $750 | $242K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $958K | $892K | $24K | $0 | $182K |
| 2020 | $251K | $250K | $216K | $16K | — | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $240K from 11 charities:
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$170K
- Abundance Canada$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$10K
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$5,300
- Westwood Presbyterian Church$3,245
- Charites Dorais Inc./ Dorais Charities Inc.$3,000
- The Blennerhassett Family Foundation Inc$2,500
- Iglesia Pentecostal Triunfantes en Cristo Inc.$1,000
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$800
- Word of Life Mission Church Inc.$450
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$605K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandy Deng (chair); Alex Bartmanovich (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Freedom International School Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 755945318RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.