Initiatives for Just Communities Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Mitchell, Manitoba · BN 849098405RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,508,442) as filed with the CRA.
Initiatives for Just Communities Inc. is a charitable organization based in Mitchell, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $8.5M in revenue and $8.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $167K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 93 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.7M in 2020 to $8.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Our four programs focus on individuals with intellectual disabilities and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder as well as people who are currently or were formerly in prison around Manitoba. Our programs engage people who have a heart for caring for others whether they are volunteers or employees in walking alongside our clients on their life’s journey. We encourage our staff and volunteers to live out their faith by working through the values of human dignity peace integrity and a Restorative Justice lens. Open Circle (operating since the early 1970s) connects volunteers to visit men and wom…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.5M | $8.5M | $7.8M | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $7M | $1M | — | — | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $6.1M | $5.8M | $5M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $5.6M | $5.3M | $4.7M | -$1,560 | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $4.7M | $4.5M | $4.3M | $4,803 | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $167K from 6 charities:
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 positions93
- Total compensation, all staff$5.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Victor Mate (director); Ken Friesen (director); Darryl Loewen (director); Murray Still (board chair); Sandra Zapata (director); Henry Friesen (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Initiatives for Just Communities Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849098405RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.