ISARUIT Inuit Women's Sewing Centre in Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 720990118RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($909,839) as filed with the CRA.
ISARUIT Inuit Women's Sewing Centre in Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $902K in revenue and $910K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Sewing - skins parkas workshop ongoing culture and language work reconciliation workshops with indigenous/inuit and non-indigenous people. Inuit games for inuit youth training programs in administration carving sewing machine repair tool making; inuit crafts music worshops inuit culture & arts awareness programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $902K | $910K | $823K | — | — | -$107K |
| 2023 | $223K | $413K | $358K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$545K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beverly Illauq (centre coordinator); Jessie Kangok (board chair); Natasha Latreille (past chair); Donovan Gordon-Tootoo (secretary of the board); Carissa Coe-Metcalfe (treasurer); Billy Merkosak (cultural advisor to bod).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ISARUIT Inuit Women's Sewing Centre in Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 720990118RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.