Plug-In Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119095016RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($924,006) as filed with the CRA.
Plug-In Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $609K in revenue and $924K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $342K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $940K in 2020 to $609K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To present contemporary trans-disciplinary art exhibitions; commissioning of new and permanent artworks; publications; lectures; screenings; performances; symposia; public art initiatives; post-graduate discursive programs and youth focused education programs. Interpreting youth is a youth oriented program where we engage youth between 16 to 24 years of age to make interpretive videos about plud in's exhibitions. We continue stages a biennial exhibition of temporary public art that takes place across the city of winnipeg.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $609K | $924K | $648K | $26K | — | $887K |
| 2023 | $686K | $796K | $575K | $11K | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $893K | $823K | $366K | $1,751 | $28K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $805K | $683K | $132K | $693 | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $940K | $954K | $520K | $33K | $28K | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $342K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$301K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jonah Corne (director); Zia Hameed (president); Graham Asmundson (vice president); Leah Richardson (treasurer); Jae-Sung Chon (director); Aminder Kaur Mangat (director); Megan Lindell (director); Lawrence Bird (director); Laura Kerr (director); Cullen Bingeman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Plug-In Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119095016RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.