Opportunities for Independence Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 892592155RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,948,179) as filed with the CRA.
Opportunities for Independence Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, 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 $5.5M in revenue and $4.9M 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 $34K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The organization provides services and programs to intellectually disabled individuals who get into trouble with the law including group homes community support therapy and assessment consultation and training and day programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $4.9M | $4.5M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $5.2M | $4.7M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $5.7M | $5.5M | $5.1M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $5.7M | $5.4M | $5M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $5.5M | $5.1M | — | — | $889K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $34K from 1 charity:
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 positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vinicius Heidermann (director); Kathy Levine (president of board); Trevor Markesteyn (director); Samantha Wong (director); Uestina Boenders (director); Elias Enisty (member); Samuel Aderniji (treasurer); Anjola Aderinto (director); Chris Sunde (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Opportunities for Independence Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892592155RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.