Make A Change Canada/Faire un Changement Canada
Publicly funded institution · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 853537678RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($802,316) as filed with the CRA.
Make A Change Canada/Faire un Changement Canada is a charitable organization based in Nelson, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $418K in revenue and $802K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $418K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Employment and skills training to persons facing challenges to employment: individuals living with a disability or chronic health issue youth stay-at-home and single parents older works indigenous peoples new canadians members of the lgbtq+ communities and individuals living in rural or remote areas. In addition to this the corporation conduct research for the development of programs in the areas of employment and entrepreneurship leadership and distance learning.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $418K | $802K | $802K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $385K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $2.1M | — | — | $415K |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $227K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $928K | $57K | — | $191K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$393K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Fong (chair of the board); Satish Mistry (vice chair of the board); Cassidy Cyndi (secretary of the board); Frank Falvey (treasurer of the board); Montpellier Theresa (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Make A Change Canada/Faire un Changement Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853537678RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.