The West End Cultural Centre Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119262285RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($801,614) as filed with the CRA.
The West End Cultural Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $664K in revenue and $802K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 36% from government. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $269K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $664K | $802K | $260K | $1,714 | — | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $683K | $850K | $653K | $2,981 | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $861K | $912K | $715K | $621 | — | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $527K | $567K | $421K | $652 | — | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $656K | $524K | $379K | $1,402 | — | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $269K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$272K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ashley Au (vice-president); Kemlin Nembhard (director); Sonia Busca Owczar (director); Patricia McPhillips (director); Andriy Michalchyshyn (vice-president); Aaron Paintner (director); Carl Erkelens (director); Jamie Abbott (director); Jayakrishnan Balakrishnan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The West End Cultural Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119262285RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.