Regina Open Door Society Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 119114205RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,880,725) as filed with the CRA.
Regina Open Door Society Inc. is a charitable organization based in Regina, Saskatchewan, 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 $13M in revenue and $12.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $155K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 187 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
1) orientation services for newcomers 2) language instruction for newcomers to canada 3) employment readiness 4) daycare 5) resettlement assistance program 6) kidsfirst 7) settlement online pre-arrival 8) regina region local immigration partnership 9) career bridging 10) sundry projects 11) stage 1 & 2 english 12) english for employment 13) youth employment and skills strategy
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13M | $12.9M | $11.9M | — | — | $5.5M |
| 2023 | $12.2M | $12M | $11M | — | — | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $11.8M | $11.5M | $10.6M | — | — | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $10.1M | $9.8M | $9.1M | — | — | $4.9M |
| 2020 | $11.2M | $11M | $10M | — | — | $4.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $155K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions187
- Total compensation, all staff$9.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bina Bilkhu (member at large); Anda Dima (vice-president); Mariya Reshetar (member at large); Jim Fallows (president); Joe Jozsa (member at large); Rodger Linka (member at large); Anna Liu (member at large); Olufunke Okochi (member at large); Laurie Smith (member at large); Kerrie Strathy (member at large); Dhurv Patel (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Regina Open Door Society Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119114205RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.