Fort Erie Native Cultural Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Fort Erie, Ontario · BN 124657495RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,586,423) as filed with the CRA.
Fort Erie Native Cultural Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Fort Erie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under 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 $7.8M in revenue and $7.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $222.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 94 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operates a friendship centre which provides daycare and various other services to the native community. These include providing education in regard to alcohol/drug awareness family building healthy living prenatal and early childhood development literacy and eldercare.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.8M | $7.6M | $6.7M | $362K | — | $10M |
| 2023 | $9.4M | $9M | $7.9M | $347K | — | $9.9M |
| 2022 | $8M | $6.9M | $6.5M | $24K | — | $9.5M |
| 2021 | $9.5M | $7.1M | $6.6M | $5,721 | — | $8.4M |
| 2020 | $8.2M | $6.8M | $6.4M | $29K | — | $6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $222 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions94
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Jamieson (president); Margaret Ellison (vice-president); Michelle-Elise Burnett (director); Shelby Longboat (secretary); Dave Labbe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fort Erie Native Cultural Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124657495RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.