Isaksimagit Inuusirmi Katujjiqatigiit Embrace Life Council
Publicly funded institution · Iqaluit, Nunavut · BN 861547230RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,644,897) as filed with the CRA.
Isaksimagit Inuusirmi Katujjiqatigiit Embrace Life Council is a charitable organization based in Iqaluit, Nunavut, 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 $2.8M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $211K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Community based wellness and healing youth membership cultural and land based programs summer camp develop suicide-prevention strategies and action plans; advocate for trama-informed and culturally competent professional practices
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.3M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.3M | — | — | $974K |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | — | $783K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $679K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | $611K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $211K from 7 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheila Levy (vice-president); Pauline Melanson (secretary); Camilla Sehti (treasurer); Opal McInnis (president); Tess Thurber (director); Darlene Eyegetok (director); Samantha Tugak Brown (director); Jonathan Enuaraq (director); Nancy Goupil (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Isaksimagit Inuusirmi Katujjiqatigiit Embrace Life Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861547230RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.