Indige-Spheres to Empowerment
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 750969529RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($125,672) as filed with the CRA.
Indige-Spheres to Empowerment is a private foundation based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, 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 March 31, 2021, it reported $121K in revenue and $126K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $139K.
Compared with 2,126 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Indige-spheres to empowerment is a federally incorporated organization dedicated to the health and well-being of indigenous people domestically and globally. Ongoing projects are with: -anti-human trafficking -youth opportunity fund.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $121K | $126K | $114K | — | — | -$17K |
| 2020 | $88K | $95K | $80K | — | — | -$12K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $139K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$9,699
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Sheila Wahsquonaikezhik (director); Beverley Salmon (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Indige-Spheres to Empowerment’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 750969529RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.