Taking Charge! Inc/se Prendre en Main! Inc
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 899129068RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,095,309) as filed with the CRA.
Taking Charge! Inc/se Prendre en Main! Inc is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $2.1M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $127K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Taking charge! Inc./se prendre en main! Is an organization that provides client services to single parents women and their families who are on social assistance. Taking charge! Inc. Offers programs to help clients meet their goal of self-sufficiency and take charge of their lives. Taking charge! Inc. Is funded through provincial government funding.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $51K | — | $26K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $26K | — | $12K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $19K | — | $5,477 |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $19K | — | $5,477 |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.9M | $6,430 | — | $6,734 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $127K from 6 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 positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Liz Bilton (member); Mwaka Kaonga (secretary-treasurer); Debra Radi (chairperson); Widny Pervil (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Taking Charge! Inc/se Prendre en Main! Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899129068RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.