Makivik Corporation
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What it says it does
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROMOTE THE WELFARE ADVANCEMENT AND EDUCATION OF THE INUIT. TO FOSTER PROMOTE, PROTECT AND ASSIST IN THE PRESERVING THE INUIT WAY OF LIFE, VALUES AND TRADITIONS. TO INITIATE, EXPAND AND DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE INUIT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SOCIETY. TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THE INUIT COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVE THEIR MEANS OF ACTION. TO ASSIST IN THE CREATION, FINANCING OR DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESSES, RESOURCES, PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIES OF THE INUIT.
- Income
- $10.4 million
- Spending
- $3.4 million
- Employees
- 242
- Highest pay
- $212,127, director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $1.6 million spent. Social Housing Program The Construction Division of Makivik Corporation receives funding from both the governments of Canada and Quebec for the construction of social housing for residents of Nunavik (that area of the province of Quebec north of the 55th parallel). During the course of the fiscal year, the Corporation, through its not-for-profit Construction Division, built social housing units in five communities of Nunavik. The social housing program managed by the Corporation aims to build quality low cost housing while at the same time providing training and employment to apprentice carpenters residing in Nunavik and to the greater extent possible providing economic spinoffs to the regional businesses and organizations.
- $252,900 spent. Economic and Community Development During the course of the fiscal year the Corporation supported a number of community, social, cultural and economic development programs including organizations such as the Avataq Cultural Institute, the Nunavik Hunters Fishers and Trappers Association, the Nunavik Landholding Corporations, the Qarjuit Youth Council and Taqramiut Nipingat Inc. The Corporation also funded other programs specifically intended for the Nunavik Inuit.
- $287,480 spent. Ungaluk Safer Communities Program During the course of the fiscal year the Corporation took part in the administration of the Ungaluk Safer Communities Program which funds crime prevention programs across Nunavik in urban areas of Quebec. The program aims to have an impact on preventing and combating crime, promoting safe and healthy communities, providing assistance to victims of crime and violence and improving correctional services for Inuit. In all, the program supported a variety of regional and community projects which took place in Nunavik throughout the year.
- $618,984 spent. Inuit Community Infrastructure Fund
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1991.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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