Inspired by Wonder Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 859458747RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,153,126) as filed with the CRA.
Inspired by Wonder Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $7,000.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
to provide child care services in the City of Winnipeg
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $996K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $949K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $669K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,000 from 1 charity:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$7,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darcy Brooks (chairperson); Ronald Sison (member); Charles Koop (treasurer); Veronica Green (secretary); Jude Guzzi (member); Julie Dooley (vice-chair); Jessica Cable (member); Anne Diaz (member); Alison Petrelli (member); Alexa Pitcher (member); Matthew Reichert (member); Pam Becker (member); Andrea McLean (member); Deborah Kahanovitch (member); Lindsay Mamona (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Inspired by Wonder Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859458747RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.