Innovative Life Options Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 893475814RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($806,200) as filed with the CRA.
Innovative Life Options Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 $808K in revenue and $806K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $475 in 2024, the largest being $475 to The Winnipeg Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Innovative LIFE Options Inc. is an agency with a mandate from the Department of Family Services in the Province of Manitoba to develop and maintain technical resource staff for the 'In the Company of Friends' program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $808K | $806K | $752K | — | $475 | $515K |
| 2023 | $707K | $708K | $672K | — | — | $514K |
| 2022 | $675K | $630K | $574K | — | — | $529K |
| 2021 | $670K | $638K | $587K | — | $1,225 | $485K |
| 2020 | $666K | $660K | $608K | — | $1,108 | $453K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $475 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $23K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$623K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Walker (past chairperson); Gail Cullen (secretary); Evelyn Yelinek (treasurer); Rose Flaig (chairperson); Rene Le Gal (director at large); Leslie Udell (director at large); Clarice Leader (vice-chairperson); Pat Gouldie (director); Meaghan Jones (director); Bunny Mitchell (director); Shirlea Smith (director); Mary Shariff (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Innovative Life Options Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893475814RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.