Native Communications Society of the N.w.t.
Publicly funded institution · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories · BN 107764805RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,036,577) as filed with the CRA.
Native Communications Society of the N.w.t. is a charitable organization based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $181K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The charity operates a radio station and produces programs for the indigenous population of the northwest territories.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | — | — | — | $963K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2M | $2M | — | — | $963K |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.8M | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $945K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $414K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $181K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Catholique (vice chair); Gloria Faye Johns (secretary-treasurer); Elizabeth Ann McKay (chair); Hazel Nerysoo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Native Communications Society of the N.w.t.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107764805RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.