People First of Canada/des Personnes d'Abord du Canada
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 874865066RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($739,806) as filed with the CRA.
People First of Canada/des Personnes d'Abord du Canada is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 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 $771K in revenue and $740K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $131K.
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 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
Programs are designed to promote and support the inclusion self-determination and empowerment of people with intellectual disabilities in communities across canada by: 1. Engaging in an ongoing dialogue with government communities and families in order to influence public policy; 2. Creating disseminating and making accessible community resources for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the areas of legal capacity housing employment and education 3. Actively working with communities in canada to build their capacity to create inclusive environments for people wit…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $771K | $740K | $740K | — | — | $359K |
| 2023 | $947K | $823K | $823K | — | — | $328K |
| 2022 | $709K | $657K | $657K | — | — | $204K |
| 2021 | $757K | $728K | $728K | — | — | $153K |
| 2020 | $673K | $647K | $647K | — | — | $125K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $131K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$326K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Jonathan Bouchard (director); Louise Bourgeois (director); Donna Brown (1st vice president); Jonathan D'Alessandro (director); Gordon Fletcher (treasurer); Herb Franklin (director); Jennifer Grol (director); Charlie Lemon (director); Dewlyn Lobo (president); Tina Millar (director); Joni Miner (director); Patty O'Donnell (director); Bobbie-Rae Patchett (director); Chris Rowley (2nd vice president); Valerie Wolbert (director); Charlene Barney (indigenous rep); Takara Lockyer (youth rep); Dora Watson; Stephen Westcott (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from People First of Canada/des Personnes d'Abord du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874865066RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.