True North Youth Foundation Inc.
Public foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 888769478RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($12,440,009) as filed with the CRA.
True North Youth Foundation Inc. is a public foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $14M in revenue and $12.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $142K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities 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 higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 81 qualified donees totalling $634K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Cancer Care Foundation of Manitoba. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.3M in 2020 to $14M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy Project 11 Camp Manitou
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14M | $12.4M | $4.4M | $6.1M | $664K | $15.8M |
| 2023 | $11.1M | $10.7M | $4.2M | $4.9M | $344K | $14.2M |
| 2022 | $8.8M | $8.3M | $3M | $3.5M | $517K | $13.9M |
| 2021 | $8.9M | $6.5M | $1.6M | $3.7M | $231K | $13.4M |
| 2020 | $6.3M | $6.9M | $3.4M | $2.3M | $294K | $12.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $634K to 81 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Cancer Care Foundation of Manitoba$75K
- U-Turn Parkinson's Inc.$60K
- Deer Lodge Foundation for Geriatrics Inc$60K
- The Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc.$50K
- Royal Canadian Air Force Association Trust$47K
- Toba Centre for Children and Youth Inc.$30K
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg Inc.$28K
- Pan Am Clinic Foundation Inc.$25K
- The University of Winnipeg Foundation Inc.$20K
- The University of Manitoba$20K
- Continuity CARE Inc.$17K
- Candlelighters' Childhood Cancer Support Group$15K
- Red River Polytech$13K
- Air Force Heritage Fund$13K
- Soldier On$13K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg Inc.$9,090
- Rainbow Resource Centre Inc.$7,035
- Canadian Menonite University$6,704
- Stanley Knowles Pre-School Center Inc.$6,476
- The Christmas Cheer Board of Greater Winnipeg Inc.$5,935
- The Salvation Army Community Ventures$5,681
- New Directions for Children Youth Adults and Families Inc.$5,226
- Lions Foundation of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Incorporated$4,772
- Winnipeg Aboriginal Sport and Recreation Association Inc.$4,545
- Shared Health Inc.$4,545
Received $142K from 17 charities:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$35K
- Price Family Foundation Inc.$32K
- The Meril Rivard Family Foundation Inc.$13K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- Mahon Family Foundation Inc.$10K
- RBC Foundation$7,500
- Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko$7,400
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,505
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$5,000
- The Upside Down Tree Family Foundation Inc.$4,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,485
- Controlled Environments LTD Employees Charity Fund$1,916
- Red River College Polytechnic$1,000
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$657
- United Way of Greater Toronto$65
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$50
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
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Chipman (chairperson); Patti Chipman (director); John Olfert (treasurer); Kevin Neiles (vice chair); Brian Lerner (director); Gerry Price (director); Norva Riddell (director); Kevin Chief (director); John Bock (director); Blake Fitzpatrick (director); Steve Kroft (director); Josh Morrissey (director); Kiera Pionk; Duane Brothers.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from True North Youth Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888769478RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.