Waseskun
Publicly funded institution · Saint Alphonse Rodriguez, Quebec · BN 890908353RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,335,942) as filed with the CRA.
Waseskun is a charitable organization based in Saint Alphonse Rodriguez, Quebec, 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 $2.3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,568.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Waseskin provides a residential progra for aboriginal men who are sent from prison a probation setting or from a community wishing on alternative to incarceration. The philosophy and treatment given of aseskin is based upon traditional values and seeks to find a balance between the needs of rehabilitaiton. Treatment of the underlying cause of the individuals devient behaviour. Waseskin receives only native and inuit clients. Staff and board members are 90% native. Waseskin is a fully accredited drug and alcohol treatment facility with contracts for services with the solicitor general of canad…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2M | — | — | $5.9M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $5.3M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,568 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,568
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,99917 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$729K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jo-Ann Stacey (president); Cindy Dawnard (vice-president); Stanley Cudek (ceo); Patricia Eshkibok (director); Linda Dawnard (director); Petal McComber (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waseskun’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890908353RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.