The Compassionate Friends Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119228138RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($52,859) as filed with the CRA.
The Compassionate Friends Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $66K in revenue and $53K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 35% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 1,620 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to The Compassionate Friends of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing support and literature to grieving parents who have lost a child. Providing a library of printed material.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $66K | $53K | $36K | — | $100 | $93K |
| 2023 | $64K | $58K | $35K | — | $100 | $80K |
| 2022 | $57K | $50K | $9,965 | — | $100 | $75K |
| 2021 | $57K | $48K | $9,357 | — | $100 | $68K |
| 2020 | $48K | $46K | $8,706 | — | $100 | $57K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
- The Compassionate Friends of Canada$100
Received $11K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$24K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yvonne Van de Graaf (treasurer); Karen Clay (director); Marie Claude Leischner (director); Elaine Lamblin (chair); Allie Turnock (chapter leader); Dolores Sylvestre (secretary); Jocelyne Potvin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Compassionate Friends Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119228138RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.