Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 776982746RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,071,104) as filed with the CRA.
Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.5M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 79% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.3M.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 32 qualified donees totalling $877K in 2024, the largest being $30K to Native Women's Shelter of Montréal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2022 to $3.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To improve socio-economic conditions of indigenous peoples and prevent community deterioration in communities including: a. By assisting such peoples communities and organizations serving such communities in need of disaster relief; b. By support indigenous peoples and providing them with opportunities to improve their own socioeconomic conditions; and c. By providing long-term resources that build community resilience through traditional knowledge contemporary health services and ways of being that emanate from lived experiences. 2. To promote industry trade and commerce of indigenous peo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $3.1M | $986K | $339 | $2M | $11.7M |
| 2023 | $4.2M | $4M | $953K | — | $3M | $0 |
| 2022 | $2M | $2M | $185K | — | $1.8M | -$6 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $877K to 32 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Native Women's Shelter of Montréal$30K
- Ilisaqsivik Society$30K
- Portage la Prairie Friendship Center Incorporated$30K
- Peers Victoria Resources Society$30K
- Chawathil First Nation$30K
- Ulnooweg Education Centre$30K
- Skidegate Band Council$30K
- Shining Mountains Living Community Services$30K
- Eel River Bar First Nation$30K
- Dehcho First Nations$30K
- Indigenous Women's Support Centre$30K
- Kuu-Us Crisis Line Society$30K
- Tribe Artist Society$30K
- Uchucklesaht Tribe$30K
- Millbrook First Nation$30K
- Nuxalk Nation$30K
- The Confederacy of Mainland Mi'Kmaq$30K
- Shawanaga First Nation$30K
- Kitikmeot Heritage Society$30K
- Manitoba Food Charter Inc$30K
- Curve Lake First Nation$30K
- Ma?mo?weh Wii?soo?ka?tiwin$30K
- Liard First Nation$29K
- ABLUQTA Society$29K
- Eshkiniigjik Naandwechigegamig Aabiish Gaa Binjibaaying - ENAGB Youth Program$28K
Received $3.3M from 13 charities:
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$1M
- Laidlaw Foundation$500K
- Inspirit Foundation$500K
- Community Foundations of Canada$416K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$300K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$250K
- The Counselling Foundation of Canada$200K
- BenefAction Foundation$50K
- Toronto Foundation$15K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$11K
- Green Sanderson Family Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,761
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$476K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Lamoureux (co-chair/director); Catherine Pennington (co-chair/director); Nancy Etok (director); Tina Petawabano (director); Chris Googoo (director); Jasmine Redfern (director); Germaine Catchpole (director); Launa Payne (director); Brian Jackson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 776982746RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.