Uncle Gabe's Friendship Centre
Publicly funded institution · Fort Smith, Northwest Territories · BN 108149139RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($371,593) as filed with the CRA.
Uncle Gabe's Friendship Centre is a charitable organization based in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, 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 $320K in revenue and $372K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $49K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $518K in 2020 to $320K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Community cultural connections for aboriginal youth - hosts a youth drop in centre organizes recreational cultural and artistic activities. There are also cultural camps held once or twice a year which provides arts crafts and cultural workshops. Youth lunch program - this program caters to underpriveleged children in the community and is ran everyday throughout the school year. A cook is hired and volunteers who commit at least 2 hours each day.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $320K | $372K | $94K | $41K | — | $423K |
| 2023 | $546K | $611K | $105K | $75K | — | $429K |
| 2022 | $433K | $473K | $62K | $73K | — | $399K |
| 2021 | $568K | $538K | $73K | $73K | — | $426K |
| 2020 | $518K | $520K | $77K | $50K | — | $396K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $49K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$182K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrick Burke (male elder); Anna Coleman (female elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Uncle Gabe's Friendship Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108149139RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.