Variety the Children's Charity of Manitoba Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 894089465RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,050,251) as filed with the CRA.
Variety the Children's Charity of Manitoba Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from donations. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $594K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Numerous fundraising activites are carried out over the course of the year. The following agencies and/or charitable programs were funded during the course of the year: dental outreach program camp brereton and special needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2.1M | $416K | $122K | — | $896K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2M | $1M | $462K | — | $920K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $865K | $454K | $40K | $800K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $559K | $250K | — | $801K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $510K | $277K | $38K | $585K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $594K from 17 charities:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$272K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$152K
- Kali Dyck Foundation Inc.$50K
- BenefAction Foundation$40K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$25K
- Price Family Foundation Inc.$25K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,165
- The Cardinal Foundation$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,591
- True North Youth Foundation Inc.$3,408
- Winnipeg Goldeyes Field of Dreams Foundation Inc.$2,635
- Dyck Family Foundation Inc.$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,126
- The Asper Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,180
- Canadahelps Canadon$528
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$508
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$426K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susana Scott (director); Doug Dobrowolski (director); John Ross Bonnani (director); Terence Karacsony (director); Gerry Loewen (director); Brent Rombough (director); Kyle Hendin (treasurer); Leilani Kagan (executive secretary); Nicholas Bergmann (director); Matthew McMillan (director); Jeffrey Liba (chief executive officer); Jennifer Bjarnarson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Variety the Children's Charity of Manitoba Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894089465RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.