BROKENHEAD RIVER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
Public foundationCommunity resource·PO BOX 2225 · BEAUSEJOUR, MB · R0E 0C0·BN 869509240RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The BRCF grants to qualified and non-qualified donees that support our charitable purposes of social services arts culture and heritage education health and recreation. The organizations we granted to this year include the following: Town of Beausejour Interlake Eastern Health Foundation Sunrise Education Foundation Broken-Beau Historical Society Beausejour Brokenhead Minor Hockey Association Big Beausejour Booksale Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre Haystack Productions ROC Eastman Network 4 Change BR Regional Library
New programs
The BRCF has several new endowment funds this year and they are as follows: Ernie Tirschmann Memorial Bursary - will provide a bursary to a student who is entering post secondary education in any (sustainable) Natural Resources related field of interest with an emphasis on but not limited to – forestry or crown land management conservation officer extraction of natural resources and the conservation and reclamation of crown lands. Robert Rittwage Memorial Scholarship Fund - will provide a scholarship to a student who is a Beausejour Brokenhead Fire Department high school cadet or enteri… Show more
The BRCF has several new endowment funds this year and they are as follows: Ernie Tirschmann Memorial Bursary - will provide a bursary to a student who is entering post secondary education in any (sustainable) Natural Resources related field of interest with an emphasis on but not limited to – forestry or crown land management conservation officer extraction of natural resources and the conservation and reclamation of crown lands. Robert Rittwage Memorial Scholarship Fund - will provide a scholarship to a student who is a Beausejour Brokenhead Fire Department high school cadet or entering post secondary education in any emergency services related field of interest with order of preference as follows Fire EMS Police Emergency Management Military and if none of the above Healthcare. Clinton Orr & Jodi Ruta Community Builder Fund - will provide two scholarships to students who demonstrate active volunteer involvement in Ecole Edward Schreyer School sanctioned activities the community of Beausejour/RM of Brokenhead or another community of their choice. Nieckarz/Hill Community Fund - will provide a grant to organizations that aim to improve community gardens parks or playgrounds. Don Greig Fund - will provide two local charities (Beausejour Food Bank and Beausejour Handivan) with funding every year The Best Fund - will provide local organizations with a grant who look to address Seniors Housing issues or further Music or Sports programs.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)26%
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)74%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)108.9 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$920K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)68%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)2%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-31 | $123K | 12¢ | 66% | 454.4 yr |
| 2020-10-31 | $121K | 15¢ | 63% | 353.2 yr |
| 2021-10-31 | $193K | 23¢ | 77% | 141 yr |
| 2022-10-31 | $249K | 44¢ | 56% | — |
| 2023-10-31 | $374K | 16¢ | 84% | 123.2 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $199K | 6¢ | 94% | 4,309.5 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $920K | 26¢ | 74% | 108.9 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- Black, RegPresidentarm's length
- Hunter, ZaneVice Presidentarm's length
- Rondeau, LeoneSecretaryarm's length
- Madden, HollyTreasurerarm's length
- Stefansson, BonnieDirectorarm's length
- Versluis, DuaneDirectorarm's length
- Powers, JarrettDirectorarm's length
- Mroz, CarlaDirectorarm's length
- Wilgosh, BrendaDirectorarm's length
- Bangert, CarlDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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