Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Ohsweken, Ontario · BN 859237422RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,059,340) as filed with the CRA.
Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Ohsweken, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $166K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides financial support to aboriginal people in the areas of education traditional first nations arts & culture events and activities and health care. The foundation also provides grants to first nations community involvement projects that have a lasting and positive impact on community members.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $1.2M | $37K | — | $606K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $992K | $99K | — | $281K |
| 2022 | $847K | $847K | $449K | $43K | $1,000 | $172K |
| 2021 | $257K | $420K | $221K | $204K | $1,000 | $170K |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $1.7M | $117K | $1,500 | $342K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $166K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$617K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lois Jonathan (director); Delby Powless (chairman); Michael Johnston (director); Shelley Burnham-Shognosh (director); Valerie Martin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859237422RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.