Central Urban Métis Federation

What Central Urban Métis Federation does

Central Urban Métis Federation (1993) Inc. (CUMFI) is a community-based, Métis-owned and operated non-profit charitable organization headquartered at 315 Avenue M South, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1993 by a group of Métis people and reincorporated under the Saskatchewan Non-Profit Corporations Act, 1995 with charitable registration number 888571 7835 RR0001, CUMFI serves nearly 6,000 registered members across the urban Métis community in Saskatoon with a particular focus on women, children, families, Elders, and individuals in crisis or recovery. Its mandate is to ensure the voice of Métis people is heard at the municipal level and to address the social-economic discrepancies faced by urban Aboriginal people in Saskatoon.

CUMFI's service portfolio comprises an integrated continuum of supported housing, wellness, child and family, and cultural programs operated through multiple physical facilities throughout the Saskatoon Core Neighbourhood. Core offerings include the Coming Home Program (Infinity House, Pritchard House, Niwaapatahaaanik, Trotchie Home), McLeod House (12-unit transitional housing for men in addiction recovery, partnered with Saskatoon Health Region), Stewart House (supportive housing for families living with HIV/AIDS, partnered with PLWA), Elders Lodge, the Wellness Centre (FASD and acquired brain injury mentoring, mental health counseling), Child's Emergency Receiving Home, Kokum's Home respite, Visiting Suites for supervised family visitation, Shirley & Aggies Home, Aunties Place, and Outreach Community Support Teams. Cultural services include the Michif Language Learning Program, genealogy research, member catering, and Elders conferences. Partnerships span Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, Saskatoon Public School Board / Westmount School, the First Nation and Métis Health Council, and federal/provincial/municipal/Aboriginal government agencies.

The business model is non-commercial: CUMFI is funded through government grants (federal, provincial, municipal, Aboriginal government agencies) and tax-receipted donations via CanadaHelps.org, augmented by small member-paid service streams (catering, genealogy packages). Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is direct service delivery via referral pipelines from Child and Family Services, case managers, addiction workers, corrections, treatment centers, and self-referrals, supplemented by community engagement through Facebook, website, newsletters, and hosted events. Headcount is 11-50 employees, with day-to-day governance provided by a volunteer Board of Directors led by President Shirley Isbister and Vice President Evelyn Johnston.

Name

Central Urban Métis Federation

Legal name

Central Urban Métis Federation (1993) Incorporated (CUMFI)

Website

https://cumfi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Central Urban Métis Federation (CUMFI) is a Saskatoon-based, Métis-owned non-profit charitable organization operating supported housing, wellness, child and family, and cultural programs for nearly 6,000 registered urban Métis members through multiple facilities in Saskatoon's Core Neighbourhood.

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Product category

Indigenous Community Social Services

NAICS

Other Residential Care Facilities (623990), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLADABAH

Faith-Based / Nonprofit Assisted Living Providers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities

SECONDARYHSABAGAI

Respite Care for Adults with Disabilities / Special Needs

Home & Personal Services/Elder Care & In-Home Care Services/Respite Care Services

SECONDARYHSABAGAJ

Family Caregiver Relief & Coaching (Respite-Integrated)

Home & Personal Services/Elder Care & In-Home Care Services/Respite Care Services

SECONDARYHLADABAJ

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities

SECONDARYHLADABAG

Large Campus / Multi-Building Assisted Living Communities

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities

Keywords

• Supported housing services
• Indigenous community wellness
• Cultural preservation programs
• Addiction recovery housing
• Child family services

Headquarters

HQ city

Saskatoon

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: CUMFI accepts financial donations through the CanadaHelps.org platform, a secure Canadian charity service that provides tax receipts directly to donors. The organization actively seeks both financial donations and volunteers.
2. Government and Institutional Funding: As a non-profit charitable organization (charitable number: 888571 7835 RR0001), CUMFI receives funding from federal, provincial, municipal, and Aboriginal government agencies, as well as community-based organizations and NGO partners to deliver programs and services.
3. Member Services and Catering: CUMFI offers member catering services. Additional member services include genealogical research support and other community resources.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Central Urban Métis Federation (CUMFI) delivers a continuum of supported housing, wellness, and cultural programming services to nearly 6,000 registered Métis members in Saskatoon. Its offerings include the Coming Home Program (Infinity House, Pritchard House, Niwaapatahaaanik, Trotchie Home), McLeod House transitional housing for men in addictions recovery, Stewart House for families living with HIV/AIDS, Elders Lodge housing, a Wellness Centre for FASD and acquired brain injury mentoring, Child Emergency Receiving, Kokum's Home respite, Visiting Suites, Outreach Support Teams, Michif language learning, and genealogy services.

Product overview

Central Urban Métis Federation (CUMFI) operates as a community-based, non-profit charitable organization offering a portfolio of integrated social services, supported housing, and cultural programs primarily serving the urban Métis community in Saskatoon. The organization's core offerings include a Coming Home Program with multiple residential support homes (Infinity House, Pritchard House, Niwaapatahaaanik, Trotchie Home) providing foster family reunification services; supported housing including McLeod House for men in addiction recovery, Stewart House for families with HIV/AIDS, Elder Housing, and Emergency Receiving for children; the Wellness Centre providing FASD and brain injury mentoring and mental health support; Outreach Community Support Teams providing intensive in-home and after-care services; and cultural programs including Michif language learning and genealogy services. The organization serves nearly 6,000 registered members with a focus on women, children, and families.

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Products and services

• CUMFI Coming Home Program A comprehensive supported living and family reunification program providing residential support homes (Infinity House, Pritchard House, Niwaapatahaaanik, and Trotchie Home) for families transitioning out of foster care.
• CUMFI Outreach Community Support Program Intensive in-home supports and after-care services for families who were residents of Coming Home programs, providing community outreach workers for family crisis support outside traditional working hours.
• CUMFI Wellness Centre Provides mentoring to older youth and adults with cognitive disabilities such as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) or acquired brain injury, offering mental health counseling and holistic culturally relevant support services.
• McLeod House

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Ideal customer profiles5 records

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• First Nation and Metis Health Council / Health RegioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe First Nation and Metis Health Council was formed to help the Health Region determine best practices on providing more culturally responsive care to First Nations and Metis people. Services include facilitating navigation services, cultural supports, and providing an interpreter when needed. Cultural spaces are also provided at St. Paul's Hospital located in the Saskatoon Core neighbourhood.
• Saskatoon Catholic School Board / Greater Saskatoon Catholic SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCUMFI and Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools are in partnership to improve learning opportunities for Métis students attending Catholic schools. The goal is to include Métis content in classroom programs and encourage Métis culture throughout St. Michael Community School. A flag raising ceremony was held on September 9, 2015, recognizing the Métis Education Program at St. Michael Community School.
• Saskatoon Public School Board / Westmount SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Métis Cultural Program at Westmount School was created to preserve, strengthen and transmit Métis culture and traditions in Saskatchewan. The program includes all Westmount students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 and is delivered exclusively from a Métis perspective, encompassing the Michif language and drawing on Language Arts, Fine Arts, Health and Social Studies curricular outcomes.
• Persons Living with A.I.D.S. Network of Saskatchewan Inc. (PLWA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCUMFI and PLWA share a common vision of providing a community development and service delivery approach to building capacity for persons living with HIV/AIDS to attain an equitable lifestyle. Both parties agree to support individual, organizational and community capacity to advance personal health and self-reliance of persons living with HIV/AIDS. CUMFI has partnered with PLWA of Saskatchewan.
• Saskatoon Health Region – Mental Health & Addiction ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMcLeod House is a partnership between CUMFI and the Saskatoon Health Region – Mental Health & Addiction Service. McLeod House provides 12 units of transitional housing for men in addictions recovery, offering support services and programming post-treatment.
• Federal, Provincial, Municipal and Aboriginal Government AgenciescoreOthersCUMFI works in partnership with federal, provincial, municipal and Aboriginal government agencies as part of its stakeholder relationships to ensure program and service delivery duplication is addressed.
• Community-Based Organizations and NGO PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCUMFI collaborates with community-based organizations and non-governmental organizations to address social-economic discrepancies faced by urban Aboriginal people in Saskatoon. Partnerships ensure program and service delivery duplication is addressed.
• EGADZminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCUMFI and EGADZ are both social service organizations in Saskatoon that have been bracing for increased demand following the closure of Prairie Harm Reduction's supervised consumption site. Both organizations are experiencing increased foot traffic and requests for services as they operate at capacity.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Ahtahkakoop Health Authority: Indigenous health and social services authority serving a First Nation community in Saskatchewan. Comparable in mission (community-based Indigenous wellness, cultural programming, supported services) but primarily serves a different (on-reserve) geographic population than CUMFI's urban focus.

Direct peers

• YWCA Saskatoon: Non-profit delivering women's housing, emergency shelter, and family services in Saskatoon. Comparable to CUMFI as a peer non-profit offering supported housing, family programming, and community-based services in the same city, sharing some referral pipelines and funding sources.
• Lu'ma Native Housing Society: Vancouver-based Indigenous non-profit providing affordable and supportive housing for Indigenous peoples. Directly comparable as a culturally specific, non-profit housing provider offering supported living arrangements to vulnerable Indigenous populations in an urban setting.
• Aboriginal Mother Centre Society: Toronto-based non-profit supporting Indigenous women and children through housing and family services. Comparable to CUMFI's focus on women, children, and families with emergency/transitional housing and cultural supports, operating as a similarly sized Indigenous-led non-profit.
• Native Child and Family Services of Toronto: Non-profit Indigenous child and family services agency serving urban Indigenous families in Toronto. Directly comparable to CUMFI's Coming Home Program, Outreach Support Teams, and child/family reunification services, with similar culturally responsive, Indigenous-led service model.
• Métis Nation–Saskatchewan: Provincial Métis governance and service-delivery body representing Métis citizens in Saskatchewan. Comparable to CUMFI as a Métis-specific organization serving overlapping membership, with overlapping mandates in cultural preservation, housing support, and community wellness.
• Saskatoon Tribal Council: Indigenous-led umbrella organization in Saskatoon providing health, social, and community services to urban Indigenous members. Comparable to CUMFI in target population (urban Indigenous residents of Saskatoon), service portfolio (wellness, family support, cultural programming), and reliance on government and treaty-based funding.
• EGADZ: Saskatoon-based non-profit delivering youth outreach, housing, and social services to vulnerable populations. Directly comparable as a peer non-profit social services organization operating in the same city as CUMFI and explicitly referenced as a partner bracing for the same post–Prairie Harm Reduction demand surge.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Friendship Centres: National umbrella and Canada-wide network of urban Indigenous community centres. Comparable to CUMFI as a broader Indigenous community-services and cultural preservation ecosystem player with significant government funding relationships and overlap in programming areas.
• Canadian Mental Health Association — Saskatchewan Division: Province-wide non-profit providing mental health, addiction, and supported housing programming. Comparable to CUMFI's mental health, FASD/addiction, and wellness programming through overlapping service categories and shared government funding relationships in Saskatchewan.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/metisdays
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cumfi

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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