The Brandon Area Community Foundation Inc.
Public foundation · Brandon, Manitoba · BN 896594884RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,604,397) as filed with the CRA.
The Brandon Area Community Foundation Inc. is a public foundation based in Brandon, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 65 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $207K to The Young Men's Christian Association of Brandon. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.3M in 2020 to $5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Provide financial assistance (grants) to worthy historical cultural and humanitarian endevours as well as scholorships to individuals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5M | $1.6M | $16K | — | $1.2M | $26.1M |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $1.8M | $158K | — | $1.4M | $22.7M |
| 2022 | $5M | $3.3M | $175K | — | $1.5M | $20.7M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $1.3M | $177K | — | $1M | $18.8M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $1.4M | $32K | — | $1.2M | $15.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 65 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Young Men's Christian Association of Brandon$207K
- Volleyball Canada$80K
- Westman Dreams for Kids Foundation Inc.$70K
- Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.$69K
- The Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc.$55K
- Municipality of Oakland Wawanesa$52K
- The University of Lethbridge$50K
- Border Regional Library Board$50K
- Manitoba 4-H Council Incorporated$38K
- Thrive Community Support Circle Inc.$33K
- Winnipeg Habitat for Humanity Inc.$31K
- RM of Oakville$28K
- Assiniboine Community College Foundation Inc.$26K
- YWCA Westman Inc.$25K
- Keystone Agricultural and Recreational Centre Incorporated$25K
- Community Health and Housing Association Westman Region Inc.$24K
- Brandon University Foundation$22K
- Brandon's Food for Thought Breakfast and Snack Program for Kids$21K
- The Wood's Homes Foundation$20K
- Souris River Watershed District$15K
- Oak Lake Care Centre Inc.$15K
- International Music Camp (man.) Inc.$15K
- Lakeland Regional Library$15K
- Valley Life Recreation Inc.$14K
- United for Literacy$14K
Received $29K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$136K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gail Cullen (director); Jaime Pugh (treasurer); Greg Gatien (director); Michelle Hood (past -chair); Marc Alain (vice chair); Dale McKay (director); Jon Zilkey (director); Mayor Jeff Fawcett (director); Janet Wilcox-McKay (director); Dean Hammond (director); Dennis Hunt (director); Bryan Webber (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Brandon Area Community Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896594884RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.