Ide International Development Enterprises Association Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 118893130RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,453,539) as filed with the CRA.
Ide International Development Enterprises Association 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 $3.7M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 56% from government, 20% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $599K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $3.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
iDE programs support entrepreneurs and small businesses in developing countries to deliver affordable products and services that improve the lives of poor rural and marginalized populations. Solutions include agricultural equipment inputs and extension; clean water and sanitation; waste management; and prescription eyeglasses. Activities include: identifying high-potential solutions and entrepreneurs; development of entrepreneurs through training and business tools; brokering connections to local market actors; monitoring implementation and evaluating the impact of programs. We educate and e…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $2.7M | $534K | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $5.1M | $4.5M | $455K | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $3.5M | $3.2M | $217K | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $2.5M | $2.2M | $140K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $114K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $599K from 23 charities:
- Canada Gives$130K
- Manitoba Council for International CO-Operation Inc.$101K
- The Pindoff Family Charitable Foundation$100K
- Abundance Canada$68K
- The Sawatzky Specialties Foundation$50K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$33K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$26K
- Ocean Park Foundation$20K
- De Fehr Foundation Inc.$15K
- The Buller Foundation Inc.$10K
- Price Family Foundation Inc.$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,563
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$6,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,000
- Lawton Partners Charitable Giving Foundation Inc.$4,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,500
- Ken & Helen Penner Family Foundation Inc.$3,500
- International Community of Mennonite Brethren Society$2,511
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$2,500
- Value Partners Charitable Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The Rademaker Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$437
- Portage Avenue Church$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$736K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Len Penner (board chair); Ken Friesen (treasurer & finance chair); Shirley Martens (fundraising chair); Gerry Dyck (program chair); Ted Paetkau (vice chair); Art DeFehr (director); Frank DeFehr (director); Michelle Redekopp (director); Lindsay Smith.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ide International Development Enterprises Association Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118893130RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.