Vision Quest Conferences Inc
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 888588670RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($586,681) as filed with the CRA.
Vision Quest Conferences Inc is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $738K in revenue and $587K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $70K in 2020 to $738K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Vision quest conferences inc. Brings people together to discuss and promote aboriginal community and economic development through a well respected high quality and well known annual conference that is inclusive of all aboriginal peoples. The desired outcome is to build capacity motivate and inspire continued success in aboriginal communities in the area of economic business and community development. Our purpose is to provide learning and networking combined with information sharing and entertainment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $738K | $587K | $383K | — | — | $568K |
| 2023 | $731K | $523K | $359K | — | — | $418K |
| 2022 | $624K | $485K | $332K | — | — | $210K |
| 2021 | $195K | $191K | $83K | — | — | $72K |
| 2020 | $70K | $153K | $86K | — | — | $68K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carol Johnston (chair); Joe Cote (vice chair); Tamy Burton (director); Charlene Beamin (secretary/treasurer); Dave Macdonald (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vision Quest Conferences Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888588670RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.