Plume Winnipeg Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 878070390RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($246,566) as filed with the CRA.
Plume Winnipeg Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $223K in revenue and $247K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $122K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The production of the annual literary festival event thin air is the primary programming activity of plume winnipeg inc. Each september the organization presents a series of public readings school programs and professional development opportunities for established and emerging canadian writers along with a host of accompanying literary events. Plume also hosts a variety of year-round literary activities in winnipegg and surrounding areas including a monthly poetry series speaking crow. Plume also delivers a february festival called thin air kids focused on books and literacy for childr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $223K | $247K | $171K | — | — | $45K |
| 2023 | $383K | $388K | $294K | — | — | $68K |
| 2022 | $296K | $322K | $243K | — | — | $74K |
| 2021 | $260K | $245K | — | — | — | $100K |
| 2020 | $239K | $233K | — | — | — | $84K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $122K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$89K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Aronovitch (vice president); Lynne Martin (president); Brock Peters (treasurer); Sally Ito (secretary); Rebecca Cooke (member); Primrose Madayaq Knazan (member); Lise Gaboury-Diallo (member); Shelley Cook (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Plume Winnipeg Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878070390RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.