Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency
Publicly funded institution · Norway House, Manitoba · BN 867898363RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($25,710,377) as filed with the CRA.
Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency is a charitable organization based in Norway House, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $29.9M in revenue and $25.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $8,655.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 90 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The mandate if the organization is: first nations child and family services under the auspice of kinosao sipi minisowin agency is charged with the responsibility to provide mandated and non-mandated child and family services to the membership of the norway house cree nation and other aboriginal families from provinces west of manitoba who are residing in winnipeg
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29.9M | $25.7M | $24.1M | — | — | $14.2M |
| 2023 | $24.7M | $25.3M | $22.9M | — | — | $9M |
| 2022 | $24M | $22.5M | $21.2M | — | — | $10.4M |
| 2021 | $23.2M | $20.3M | $19.2M | — | — | $8.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,655 from 1 charity:
- Makeway Foundation$8,655
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions90
- Total compensation, all staff$6.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beatrice Queskekapow (board elder advisor); Gilbert Fredette (board member); Crystal Crate (vice chair); John Henry (board portfolio holder); Clarence Paupanekis (chair); Christine Mitchell (board member); Rhiana Arthurson (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867898363RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.