Westman Immigrant Services Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Brandon, Manitoba · BN 869018804RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,336,568) as filed with the CRA.
Westman Immigrant Services Inc. is a charitable organization based in Brandon, Manitoba, 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 $5.5M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
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 85% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 61 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.6M in 2020 to $5.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Adult english as an additional language (eal) classes (language training) immigrant settlement service (support service and referral) employment support (job search assistance) interpretation services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.3M | $5.2M | — | — | $833K |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $4.3M | $4.1M | — | — | $697K |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $3.2M | $3M | — | — | $475K |
| 2021 | $3M | $2.8M | — | — | — | $542K |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | — | $306K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 3 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions61
- Total compensation, all staff$3.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katharine Mercredi (chairperson); Brendan White (vice chairperson); John Pearen (member at large); Jeanette Hudon (treasurer); Matthew Blunt (member at large); Deborah Berkan (member at large); Tamra Rapsky (member at large); Heather Karrouze (member at large); Neseer Malik (member at large); Abdalla Salih (member at large); Premmal Patel-David (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westman Immigrant Services Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869018804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.