Spence Neighbourhood Association Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 866370851RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,399,446) as filed with the CRA.
Spence Neighbourhood Association Inc. 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $574K.
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 84% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 46 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $3.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Community programming related to housing youth & families cultural economic development and enviroment in the spence neighbourhood in winnipeg.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.4M | $3.3M | — | — | $381K |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.8M | — | — | $164K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $156K |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2.1M | — | — | $146K |
| 2020 | $2M | $2M | $2M | — | — | $156K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $574K from 18 charities:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$121K
- Chamandy Foundation$81K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$80K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$75K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- Graham C. Lount Family Foundation Inc.$30K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- Manitoba Arts Council$11K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$7,500
- The Winnipeg Rotary Club Community Service Fund Inc.$5,000
- Local Investment Toward Employment (l.i.t.e.) Inc.$4,000
- Abundance Canada$3,777
- Mazon Canada$3,700
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,880
- The Winnipeg Rotary Club Community Service Fund Inc.$2,000
- West End M.c.c. Community Assistance Centre Inc.$1,250
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 positions46
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vivienne Ho (president); Autumn Edel (secretary); Jeremy Epp (treasurer); Alexis Wendowski (director); Dave Newsome (director); Lauren Lehotsky (director); Aminata Bah (director); Garry Enns (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spence Neighbourhood Association Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866370851RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.