Waabinong Head Start Family Resource Centre
Publicly funded institution · Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario · BN 883203366RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,386,809) as filed with the CRA.
Waabinong Head Start Family Resource Centre is a charitable organization based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, 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 $4.4M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $4.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Centre is engaged in intervention strategies for mothers and unborn children; to foster the growth of each child which will contribute to life long learning and successful transition to elementary school; to inspire and empower urban aboriginal and metis parents with the knowledge and life skills using restored awareness of traditional life ways and celtural childrearing practices.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.4M | $4.4M | $4.4M | — | — | $217K |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $3.3M | $3.3M | — | — | $300 |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.7M | — | — | $421K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $388K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $841K | $3,816 | — | $892K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Kapashe (president); Bernadette Shawanda (treasurer); Kaillie Fagan (secretary); Bonnie Gaikezheyongai (vice-president); Patricia Lesage (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waabinong Head Start Family Resource Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883203366RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.