Folk Arts Council of ST. Catharines
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 118920370RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,252,698) as filed with the CRA.
Folk Arts Council of ST. Catharines is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 $6.3M in revenue and $6.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $81K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 50 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.1M in 2020 to $6.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The primary function of the organization is to promote a vibrant and integrated community by providing immigrant settlement services and celebrating cultural diversity in niagara
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.3M | $6.3M | $5.5M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $5.6M | $5.8M | $4.9M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.1M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $3M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $3M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions50
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jenny Kishishian (director); Michael Coakley (director); Anja Pavela (director); Melinda Chartrand (vice president); Bob Oleksiw (president); Leela Madhavarau (secretary); Rita Ventresca (treasurer); Abdul Rahimi (director); Sylvia Clermont (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Folk Arts Council of ST. Catharines’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118920370RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.