Kitikmeot Heritage Society
Publicly funded institution · Cambridge Bay, Nunavut · BN 897090536RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,735,924) as filed with the CRA.
Kitikmeot Heritage Society is a charitable organization based in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, 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 $4.3M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $400K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $4.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society (PI/KHS) manages various projects geared toward Inuit culture language and heritage. Ongoing projects include the operation of a combined museum public and school library cultural centre archive and gallery. The society also operates a mentor-apprentice program to revitalize the Inuinnaqtun language archaeology and toponymy programs climate change programs and an Elder-in-residence program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $35K | — | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $2.3M | $2M | $3,045 | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $11K | — | $365K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $4,876 | — | $258K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $9,184 | — | $94K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $400K from 9 charities:
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$160K
- Makeway Foundation$100K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$50K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$50K
- Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,081
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$625
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ann Wingnek (director); Annie Atighiuyak (president/director); Bessie Omilgoetok (honorary chair/director); Eva Kakolak (treasurer/director); Mabel Etegik (director); Mary Kaotalok (director); Susie Maniyogina (director); Harry Maksagak (director); Paul Emingak (director); David Kaosoni (director); Jimmy Evalik.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kitikmeot Heritage Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897090536RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.