Fort Erie Multicultural Centre
Publicly funded institution · Fort Erie, Ontario · BN 135967768RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($782,100) as filed with the CRA.
Fort Erie Multicultural Centre is a charitable organization based in Fort Erie, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $760K in revenue and $782K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $228.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Entry to canada reception services 2. Language instruction for newcomers to canada (linc) 3. Facilitate settlement for newcomers through information referral and orientation services 4. Community engagement and development projects
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $760K | $782K | $716K | — | — | $224K |
| 2023 | $717K | $700K | $652K | — | — | $246K |
| 2022 | $610K | $595K | $554K | — | — | $229K |
| 2021 | $614K | $597K | $532K | — | — | $213K |
| 2020 | $655K | $670K | $615K | — | — | $196K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $228 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$567K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Percy Turner (vice president); Berni Candeloro (chair); Cindy Warkentin (director); Aurora Naz (director); Theresa Murphy (vice chair); George McDermott (director); William Thomas (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fort Erie Multicultural Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135967768RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.