Uquutaq Society
Publicly funded institution · Iqaluit, Nunavut · BN 836250654RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,830,966) as filed with the CRA.
Uquutaq Society is a charitable organization based in Iqaluit, Nunavut, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $3.8M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $480.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Uquutaq clients - men women - are eligible for a wide range of support services provided or facilitated by the society. Services include: - needs assessments - referrals to community programs - social assistance - mental health and - addiction services. The society also assists clients in obtaining basic identification work and winter clothing tenancy training and employment training. Besides operating the men's homeless shelter low barrier shelter transitional housing program and affordable housing program the uquutaq society connects clients with partner community organizati…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2024–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $3.6M | — | — | $670K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $480 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steven Sullivan (chair); Kathleen Gomes (treasurer); Kaitlin Dayola (secretary); Tim Hoyt (member); Aaron Wile (member); Alan Webb (vice chair); Kristen Hebert (member); Lisa Whelan (member); Kwame Neba (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Uquutaq Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836250654RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.