The Link: Youth and Family Supports Corporation
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 131215196RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,609,512) as filed with the CRA.
The Link: Youth and Family Supports Corporation is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, 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 $24.6M in revenue and $24.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $126K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. The charity reported 275 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The organization is dedicated to providing children adults and their families with a wide range of quality assessments treatment and support services while emphasizing and maintaining their dignity and self-respect.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24.6M | $24.6M | $23M | — | — | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $26.7M | $26.5M | $24M | — | — | $3.7M |
| 2022 | $26.8M | $26.8M | $24.8M | — | — | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $26.7M | $26.7M | $24.3M | $132K | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $29.1M | $29.1M | $26.8M | $78K | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $126K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions275
- Total compensation, all staff$15.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Candace Olson (president); Ryan Kwan (vice-president); Sarah Corley (secretary/treasurer); Shane Storie (director); Alec Macisaac (director); Kaeden Merasty (director); Mandeep Rai (director); Sudhir Sandhu (director); Caroline Christie (director); Brandy Kowai (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Link: Youth and Family Supports Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131215196RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.