The Horse Connection Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 871051611RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($246,288) as filed with the CRA.
The Horse Connection Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $182K in revenue and $246K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $116K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Equine experiential learning programs: 1) the school year program partners with schools to provide vulnerable and/or under-served youth in grades 5-8 with instruction in horsemanship skills facilitating the development of social emotional life skills that increase engagement in school and their communities. 2) our summer program partners with community organizations to provide similar programming in summer unmounted format to serve larger groups of under served youth. 3) our alumni program provides continued learning in high school years independent of school for further development of li…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $182K | $246K | $187K | $8,926 | — | -$4,408 |
| 2023 | $240K | $236K | $177K | $9,035 | — | $100K |
| 2022 | $158K | $169K | $117K | $431 | — | $94K |
| 2021 | $233K | $166K | $103K | $5,456 | — | $68K |
| 2020 | $165K | $149K | $94K | $3,243 | — | $1,540 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $116K from 8 charities:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$65K
- Graham C. Lount Family Foundation Inc.$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,100
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,500
- Winnipeg Goldeyes Field of Dreams Foundation Inc.$1,250
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,000
- The Upside Down Tree Family Foundation Inc.$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$145K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Wainwright (treasurer); Chris Bell (vice president); Rhonda May (secretary); Genevieve Cloutier (director); Cory Campbell (director); Sherrie Rauth (director); Michelle Finley (director); Anas Orwani (director); Kim Robinson (past president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Horse Connection Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871051611RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.