The Royal Life Saving Society Canada-Manitoba Branch Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119129047RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($938,249) as filed with the CRA.
The Royal Life Saving Society Canada-Manitoba Branch Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $938K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,044.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $669K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The lifesaving society's mission is to prevent drowning and water-related injury through its training programs the water smart public education campaign aquatic safety management services and lifesaving competitions nothern water smart and winter smart programs deliverying swimming and ice safety programs and northern communties
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $938K | $769K | — | — | $525K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $940K | — | — | $436K |
| 2022 | $885K | $904K | $746K | — | — | $394K |
| 2021 | $808K | $668K | $513K | — | — | $413K |
| 2020 | $669K | $621K | $545K | — | — | $273K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,044 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,044
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$436K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ashley Walus (chair); Kayla Saarinen (director); Zapphira Major (director); Jon Sorokowski (director); Jordan Kunzleman (treasurer); Phillip Dobson (director); Sarah Dyck (director); Kelvin Williamson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Royal Life Saving Society Canada-Manitoba Branch Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119129047RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.