Skills Unlimited
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119151660RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($433,998) as filed with the CRA.
Skills Unlimited is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, 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 $474K in revenue and $434K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1. Employment assessment preparation and training; 2. Services for physically or mentally challenged; 3. Mental health services and support groups.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $474K | $434K | $423K | — | — | $455K |
| 2023 | $456K | $422K | $411K | — | — | $414K |
| 2022 | $476K | $453K | $441K | — | $1,000 | $399K |
| 2021 | $445K | $444K | $435K | — | — | $382K |
| 2020 | $491K | $476K | $464K | $1,005 | — | $312K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $29K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$350K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lori Jacobson (president); Darlene Cooper (board member); Rob McLennan (board member); Elizabeth Shin (secretary); Ryan Shymko (vice-president); Zach Kinahan (board member); Peter Moreira (treasurer); Shelley Kulcsycki (board member); Stephen Dudar (board member); Megan Pierce (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Skills Unlimited’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119151660RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.