Manitoba Council for International CO-Operation Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 103481032RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,779,456) as filed with the CRA.
Manitoba Council for International CO-Operation Inc. is a public foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $3.8M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,480.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 51 qualified donees totalling $1.6M in 2024, the largest being $150K to World Vision Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Programing for students and educators and the general public. Capacity building for our member organizations and others. Education and awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals. International Development Week activities. Administration of the Manitoba Government Matching Grant Program supporting our members' international development work. Fund for Innovation and Transformation --Providing grants to small and medium sized Canadian organizations to test innovative solutions in the Global South.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $1.8M | — | $1.7M | $542K |
| 2023 | $7.2M | $7.1M | $1.6M | — | $5.2M | $490K |
| 2022 | $7.6M | $7.5M | $2.6M | — | $4.6M | $398K |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $4.3M | — | — | $2.3M | $315K |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $1.4M | — | $2M | $173K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.6M to 51 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- World Vision Canada$150K
- Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba Inc.$130K
- Ide International Development Enterprises Association Inc.$101K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$96K
- Canadian Unicef Committee$83K
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief$79K
- Emmanuel Relief and Rehabilitation International of Canada$62K
- Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$50K
- Kuwala Christian Girls School Inc.$49K
- Organisation Catholique Canadienne pour le Développement et la Paix$48K
- Save the Children Canada/aide À l'Enfance Canada$47K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$44K
- Tearfund Canada$43K
- Opportunity International Canada Foundation/fondation Opportunité Internationale Canada$43K
- Change for Children Association (cfca)$39K
- World University Services of Canada$38K
- Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief$34K
- Girls Of Tomorrow (GOT) Foundation$33K
- The Canada-International Scientific Exchange Program (cisepo)$32K
- Inter Pares$29K
- The Wellspring Foundation for Education$28K
- CARE Canada$27K
- CO-Operative Development Foundation of Canada/fondation du Developpement Cooperatif du Canada$20K
- World Renew$20K
- Accountable Development Works$17K
Received $9,480 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Aluk Andrea (director); Colin Dorrian (director); Stephanie Halligan (director); Joanna Hiebert Bergen (director); Ron Janzen (director); Dan Maxson (director); Don Sawatzky (secretary); Gary Senft (president); Janice Hamilton (executive director); Carolyn Stienstra (officer); Tyler Braun (director); Pamela Obonde (director); Divya Sharma (director); Nunu Ajak (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Manitoba Council for International CO-Operation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 103481032RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.