Ininew Friendship Centre
Publicly funded institution · Cochrane, Ontario · BN 118968676RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,083,495) as filed with the CRA.
Ininew Friendship Centre is a charitable organization based in Cochrane, 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, 2024, it reported $4.1M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $960.
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 84% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Recreational activities for antive and non-native people cree language classes xmas and thanksgiving for transients inmate native liaison program native criminal and native courtworker programs board and staff workshops healthy living program apatisiwin program on the job training program prenatal nutrition program aboriginal health outreach program aboriginal healing and wellness strategy program life long care/ care support program homelessness partnership program children's mental health and addictions program akwe: go program wasanabin aging at home medical van student n…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $4.1M | $3.9M | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $4.1M | $4M | — | — | $960K |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $3.6M | — | — | $970K |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $3.5M | — | — | $764K |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $3M | — | — | $714K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $960 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeremy Girard (vice-president); Summer Rickard (secretary); Amanda Brunette (president); Tina Lacourciere (director); Peggy Forbes (director); Patricia Dorff (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ininew Friendship Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118968676RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.