Southwest Community Options Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Ninette, Manitoba · BN 866608037RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,701,142) as filed with the CRA.
Southwest Community Options Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ninette, 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 $2.7M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,866.
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 46% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 60 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operated a number of residences for mentally challenged individuals
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $6,263 | — | $32K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | — | $1.8M | — | — | -$1,097 |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | — | $11K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $2,279 |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | — | -$94K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,866 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions60
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marv Leblanc (treasurer); Debbie Leblanc (chairperaon); Dennis Collingwood (vice chair); Larry Windsor (director); Gayle Sarah Johnson (director); Valerie Lynn Kozak (director); Elizabeth Nichol-Seymour (director); Leanne Treloar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Southwest Community Options Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866608037RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.