Makonsag Aboriginal Head Start Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 840097141RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,947,344) as filed with the CRA.
Makonsag Aboriginal Head Start Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $2.2M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,402.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Makonsag aboriginal head start inc. Provides a preschool program that strives to promote a learning environment conducive to cultural awareness for aboriginal preschoolers their parents and guardians and extended families. The programs included aboriginal best start circle etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $1.9M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $1.9M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2M | $2M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $701K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $593K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,402 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$977K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Green (presdient); Renee ST. Germain (director); Tina Slauenwhite (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Makonsag Aboriginal Head Start Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840097141RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.