Trailblazers Life Choices Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 855250171RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,647,149) as filed with the CRA.
Trailblazers Life Choices 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $10M in revenue and $9.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 219 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.2M in 2020 to $10M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Mission: to maximize the full participation of persons with disabilities in all segments of the community. (1) sage program: a job-ready program to promote self-help in the individual in their search for employment including intake and assessment reveiw pre-employment skills classes job development job match and support. (2) tlc program: a program designed for individuals who are not ready for employment including (I) life skills
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10M | $9.6M | $8.9M | — | — | $270K |
| 2023 | $7.1M | $7.5M | $6.9M | — | — | -$65K |
| 2022 | $5M | $5.1M | $4.7M | — | — | $279K |
| 2021 | $4M | $4M | $4M | — | — | $376K |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $5.2M | $5.2M | — | — | $411K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $55K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions219
- Total compensation, all staff$7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Devodder (treasurer); Mary Lou Rafford (president); Tony Syrota (member); Lyndon Demers (member); Rambel Palsis (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trailblazers Life Choices Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855250171RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.