Lake Winnipeg Foundation Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 830107272RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,120,221) as filed with the CRA.
Lake Winnipeg Foundation Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 42% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $489K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
NPO Community Service organization to provide support and encouragement for research and education regarding the biological health of the waters and shorelines of Lake Winnipeg.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $980K | $54K | $7,500 | $494K |
| 2023 | $961K | $943K | $645K | $56K | — | $284K |
| 2022 | $848K | $803K | $588K | $31K | $5,300 | $266K |
| 2021 | $890K | $855K | $628K | $27K | $0 | $222K |
| 2020 | $837K | $834K | $679K | $25K | $11K | $187K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $489K from 22 charities:
- RBC Foundation$125K
- Canadahelps Canadon$124K
- Canadahelps Canadon$124K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$71K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$8,000
- The Pollard Family Foundation Inc.$7,500
- Nature Canada / Canada Nature$5,940
- Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1,000
- The Buller Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Lawton Partners Charitable Giving Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$614
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$377
- The Blennerhassett Family Foundation Inc$355
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$250
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$230
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$709K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Alexis Kanu (executive director); Bryan Allison (treasurer); Amanda Karst (board member); Kathryn Dompierre (vice chair); Bruce Maclean (chair); Dave Horne (board member); Becky Cook (board member); Jonathan Paterson (board member); Frank Indome (secretary); Claire Herbert (board member); Greg McCullough (executive committee; science a); Helen Yestrau (board member); Cheryl Bailey (board member).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lake Winnipeg Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830107272RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.