Education Foundation of Niagara
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 119057586RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($235,932) as filed with the CRA.
Education Foundation 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 $351K in revenue and $236K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To enhance learning opportunities for students served by the district school board of niagara by offering scholarships bursaries awards and to provide funding to schools and supporting public education
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $351K | $236K | $104K | $61K | — | $643K |
| 2023 | $417K | $343K | $243K | $31K | — | $487K |
| 2022 | $187K | $454K | $338K | — | — | $390K |
| 2021 | $542K | $454K | $342K | $49K | — | $728K |
| 2020 | $408K | $378K | $307K | $22K | — | $651K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33K from 20 charities:
- Newark Neighbours$8,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$7,218
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$7,218
- District School Board of Niagara$2,500
- Abundance Canada$1,500
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,441
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,082
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$432
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$415
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$382
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$345
- Canadahelps Canadon$288
- Silver Spire United Church$250
- Silver Spire United Church$250
- Silver Spire United Church$250
- Silver Spire United Church$250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$242
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$213
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$182
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$135
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$14K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexis Kleiman (chair); Mike Lavallee (vice chair); Terry Cockerline (treasurer); Kaitlin Wharton (efn coordinator); Kylee Daley (director); Amanda Hicks (director); Cody Weber (director); Gail Ragetlie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Education Foundation of Niagara’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119057586RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.