The Open Access Resource Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 888182334RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($676,866) as filed with the CRA.
The Open Access Resource Centre Inc. 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 $797K in revenue and $677K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $99K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $354K in 2020 to $797K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provides technology to facilitate communication for disabled persons
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $797K | $677K | $579K | — | — | $560K |
| 2023 | $697K | $552K | $444K | — | — | $439K |
| 2022 | $608K | — | — | — | — | $295K |
| 2021 | $545K | $578K | $578K | — | — | $264K |
| 2020 | $354K | $377K | $377K | — | — | $85K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $99K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$347K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Barthel (vice president); Trish Guimond (member); Elizabeth Grauer (member); Shellie Hatch (president); Jackie Markstrom (past president); Donna Passey (member); Steven Peleck (treasuer); Dorian Phillips (member); Camilla Thorne-Tjomsland (member); Rina Urish (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Open Access Resource Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888182334RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.