Portage la Prairie Friendship Center Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Portage la Prairie, Manitoba · BN 119096220RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,054,806) as filed with the CRA.
Portage la Prairie Friendship Center Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Portage la Prairie, 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $69K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $776K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Housing assistance employment counselling family life and alcoholism counselling operation of a youth resource center
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $972K | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $922K | $887K | $815K | — | — | $779K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $977K | $919K | — | — | $744K |
| 2021 | $884K | $792K | $702K | — | — | $616K |
| 2020 | $776K | $696K | $619K | — | — | $568K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $69K from 3 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
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$530K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Ducharme (president); Kevin Wishart (vice-president); Lisa Myran (treasurer); Edgar Desjarlais (board member); Darcy Anderson (board member); Kelly Bates (board member); Sandra Sharpe (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Portage la Prairie Friendship Center Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119096220RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.