Saskatoon Indian-Metis Friendship Centre
Publicly funded institution · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 107957086RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,256,120) as filed with the CRA.
Saskatoon Indian-Metis Friendship Centre is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, 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, 2022, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $180K.
Compared with 1,487 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
1) family services: counselling referrals advocacy home visits; 2) family violence program: counselling educating referrals workshops support groups; 3) youth works victims restitution; 4) residential schools resolution health supports: counselling and support to residential school survivors and families; 5) urban youth drop-in centre; 6) veterans & elders: programs and services; 7) homeless partnering initiatives: outreach and services; 8) general programming: cultural educational & recreational programs for children and families community events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | — | $889K |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.3M | — | — | $845K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2M | — | — | $769K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $180K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Lyndon Linklater (non-voting elder).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saskatoon Indian-Metis Friendship Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107957086RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.