Debajehmujig Storytellers
Publicly funded institution · Wikwemikong, Ontario · BN 892942467RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,213,448) as filed with the CRA.
Debajehmujig Storytellers is a charitable organization based in Wikwemikong, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4,571.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Life skills self-esteem self-expression for aboriginal youth create and produce aboriginal stories that reflect aboriginal world view. Workshops training residencies professional school mentorship elders program arts infrastructure development in northern ontario community gardens cross cultural community based projects participation in national and international community arts initiatives multi-media lab audio recording capabilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $933K | $25K | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $991K | $48K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $623K | $1.1M | — | $1M | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1M | $1,197 | $752K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $996K | $10K | — | $814K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,571 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$527K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeanette Corbiere-Lavell (director); Richard Lathwell (president); Gertie Manitowabi (director); Lynda Trudeau (general manager); Patricia Abitong (director); Vicki Enosse (director); Bonita George (vice-president); Patrick Fox (treasurer); Cheryl Peltier (secretary); Karen Shawanda (officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Debajehmujig Storytellers’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892942467RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.