Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 107459398RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,000,970) as filed with the CRA.
Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $986K in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 22% from government, 29% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $309K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Multi-purpose seniors centre provdes information referral and short-term counselling with interpersonal and recreational activities education outreach lifestyles and fitness programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $986K | $1M | $645K | — | — | $464K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $665K | — | — | $448K |
| 2022 | $946K | $948K | $620K | — | — | $501K |
| 2021 | $971K | $879K | $567K | — | — | $503K |
| 2020 | $708K | $714K | $456K | — | — | $411K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $309K from 13 charities:
- Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc$200K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$40K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$30K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$17K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$10K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$7,000
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$2,500
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Abundance Canada$500
- The Michael Nozick Family Foundation Inc.$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$399
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$250
- White Rose Foundation Inc.$100
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$419K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheldon Itscovich (director); Rita Margolis (director); Cyd Silverstein (secretary); Karen Dana (director); Sharon Boonov-Yanofsky (vice-president); Reesa Tennenhouse (director); Reider Ronald (director); Nancy Hughes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107459398RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.