Sprucedale Industries Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Austin, Manitoba · BN 104974175RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($488,511) as filed with the CRA.
Sprucedale Industries Inc. is a charitable organization based in Austin, 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 $513K in revenue and $489K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
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 37% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provide pre-vocational training for adults with physical and intellectual disabilities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $513K | $489K | $398K | — | — | $337K |
| 2023 | $446K | $468K | $341K | — | — | $313K |
| 2022 | $416K | $473K | $341K | — | — | $334K |
| 2021 | $442K | $465K | $393K | — | — | $391K |
| 2020 | $464K | $453K | $388K | — | — | $414K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$244K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Schellenberg (treasurer); Valerie Farmer (vice-president); Rob Sattler (president); Peggy Rothwell (secretary); Alison Reimer (board member); Sylvia Kukurudz (board member); Betty Bickford (board member); Jenny Dyck (board member); Roger Woywoda (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sprucedale Industries Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 104974175RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.