Gaining Resources Our Way Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 815768130RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($643,557) as filed with the CRA.
Gaining Resources Our Way 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $651K in revenue and $644K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To operate programs for persons with social and cognitive disabilites which programs: ( I ) provide life skills education social and vocational opportunities for such persons engagement in community life (2) increase the opportunity for greater indeppendence and self detenmination of such persons (3) assist in enabling such persons and their families to transition to community living and (4) contribute to research based on the measurement of outcomes of program participants.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $651K | $644K | $558K | $644 | — | $509K |
| 2023 | $729K | $637K | $530K | $18K | — | $502K |
| 2022 | $505K | $504K | $418K | $644 | — | $409K |
| 2021 | $585K | $465K | $388K | $238 | — | $408K |
| 2020 | $652K | $570K | $457K | $19K | — | $288K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $46K from 9 charities:
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$13K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$13K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,225
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$3,499
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$916
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$168
- Canadahelps Canadon$0
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$503K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kylie Cameron (secretary treasurer); Tannis Morwick (gimli chair); Barbara Ivans (president); Karyn Lazareck (founder); Pamela Wener (past president); Lori Muzychka (director); Adam Mayers (director); Karen O'Brien (vice president); Michelle Lawton (director); Yvette Milner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gaining Resources Our Way Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815768130RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.