The Mennonite Educational Society of Manitoba
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 130694979RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,147,732) as filed with the CRA.
The Mennonite Educational Society of Manitoba 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $5.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 44% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $189K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
The charity maintains and perates a christian schol for grades 6 to 12. It operates under the name of westgate mennonite collegiate.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $5.1M | $804K | $74K | — | $9.9M |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $5M | $695K | $114K | — | $9.8M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $4.7M | $643K | $104K | — | $9.9M |
| 2021 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $557K | $44K | — | $9.7M |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $4.1M | $3.4M | $43K | — | $9.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $189K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- Charleswood Mennonite Church$21K
- Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship$15K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$14K
- Abundance Canada$14K
- Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church$14K
- First Mennonite Church of Winnipeg$9,000
- Sterling Mennonite Fellowship$3,500
- Jubilee Mennonite Church Inc.$1,000
- Springstein Mennonite Church$750
- Hope Mennonite Church Inc$500
- Aberdeen Mennonite Church Inc.$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandy Conrad (director); Weldon Penner (finance & vice chair); Joanne Sawatzky (board chair); Joshua Neustaedter Barg (director); Peter Sawatzky (director); Tonya Rempel (director); Don & Corinne Narine (director); Roland Sawatzky (director); Aaron Epp (personnel chair); Lisa Friesen (secretary); Haley Kasdorf (director); Nathan Kliewer (governance & nominations); James Friesen (principal); Doug Durksen (director); Linda Hathout (director); Sara Thiessen (director); Vanessa Friesen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Mennonite Educational Society of Manitoba’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130694979RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.