Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 854941135RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,853,210) as filed with the CRA.
Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $10.1M in revenue and $9.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 59% from government, 23% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $353K.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 85 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.3M in 2020 to $10.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Provide aboriginal identified programs and services that focus on wholeness and wellness and that build on the strengths and resilience of aboriginal peoples. We do this to help themselves to build healthy relationships and to create a sustainable future for our community. Ka ni kanichink inc. Provides culturaly safe programs and services including educatiom and training youth development and mentorship community development and counselling.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.1M | $9.9M | $8.6M | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $6.9M | $6.8M | $6.2M | — | — | $4M |
| 2022 | $6.6M | $6.4M | $5.8M | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $5.3M | $5M | $4.7M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $5.3M | $5.2M | $4.9M | — | — | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $353K from 18 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$90K
- Canadahelps Canadon$90K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$48K
- Graham C. Lount Family Foundation Inc.$32K
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$25K
- The Pollard Family Foundation Inc.$20K
- Manitoba Arts Council$15K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$7,000
- Red River College Polytechnic$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,974
- The Winnipeg Foundation$1,035
- Abundance Canada$700
- Tcig Charitable Foundation Inc.$500
- The Manitoba Museum$450
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$26
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions85
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Layla Freig (member); Deidre Dewar (member); Marissa Moar (member); Amber Balan (member); Jeremy McKay (member); Brett Huson (member); Eman Agpalza (member); Sydney Levasseur-Puhach (co-chair); Aubrey Richard (member); Ken Sanderson (co chair); Nike Bello (member); Carter Wilson (treasurer); Joana Bersamina (member); Danielle Carriere (member); Herbert Zobell (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854941135RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.