District School Board of Niagara
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 872113139RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($658,112,483) as filed with the CRA.
District School Board of Niagara is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $660.6M in revenue and $658.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $171K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5,289 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $3,205 in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to Education Foundation of Niagara. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The dsbn is committed to student success by working together to inspire empower and support all learners to achieve their full portential
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $660.6M | $658.1M | $553.4M | — | $11K | $88.4M |
| 2023 | $561.6M | $559.5M | $452.2M | — | $71K | $86M |
| 2022 | $547.2M | $536.7M | $431.4M | — | $20K | $113.7M |
| 2021 | $519.8M | $497.7M | $421M | — | $86K | $103.2M |
| 2020 | $471.1M | $462M | $386.7M | — | $123K | $81.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,205 to 7 qualified donees:
- Education Foundation of Niagara$2,500
- The Terry Fox Foundation$285
- Branch 393 Royal Canadian Legion Senior Citizens Complex$95
- Royal Canadian Legion Fort Erie Ont No 71 Branch Poppy Fund$85
- The Royal Canadian Legion Welland (ont No. 04) Branch Poppy Fund$80
- Royal Canadian Legion Port Colborne (ont. No. 56) Branch Poppy Fund$80
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch 479 Niagara Falls Poppy Fund$80
Received $171K from 29 charities:
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$26K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- ST Catharines Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Alumni Fund$17K
- Erwin Taylor Charitable Foundation$15K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$12K
- Niagara Peninsula Foundation for Children$12K
- The Ontario Paper Thorold Foundation$10K
- Benevolent Society of Grimsby and District$10K
- Mapleview Charities$5,400
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,827
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$4,000
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$2,000
- Central United Church of Port Colborne Ontario$1,500
- East Bertie Auxiliary Volunteer Fire Association$1,350
- The Ontario Paper Thorold Foundation$1,000
- Central United Church of Port Colborne Ontario$1,000
- Central United Church of Port Colborne Ontario$1,000
- Central United Church of Port Colborne Ontario$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$845
- Our Lady of the Lake Council No. 4917 Charitable Welfare Trust$800
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9993 positions
- $200,000–249,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5,289
- Total compensation, all staff$530.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sue Barnett (chair); Deanne Macintosh (trustee); Kelly Pisek (director of education); Jonathan Fast (trustee); Lora Campbell (trustee); Kate Baggott (trustee); Shannon Mitchell (trustee); Nancy Beamer (trustee); Alex Bradnam (vice chair); Elizabeth Klassen (trustee); Helga Campbell (trustee); Susan Jovanovic (trustee); Stacy Veld (assoc dir education. corp serv).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from District School Board of Niagara’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872113139RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.