Native Counselling Services of Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 107764888RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,860,051) as filed with the CRA.
Native Counselling Services of Alberta is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, 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, 2023, it reported $19.2M in revenue and $16.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 100 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 189 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
NCSA delivers programs developed and designed for Indigenous people. Our mandate is to contribute to the holistic development and wellness of the Indigenous individual family and community. Programs are delivered free of charge and include Indigenous Culture based Healing Centres Family and Community Wellness Programs Adult Youth and Family Indigenous Courtworker Services Legal Education Research and Video Production Indigenous Human Rights and Indigenous Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Site Youth Housing support Gladue AfterCare Truth & Reco…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $19.2M | $16.9M | $14.3M | $65K | — | $191K |
| 2022 | $16.2M | $16.5M | $14.1M | $64K | — | -$84K |
| 2021 | $15.5M | $15.7M | $13.6M | $50K | — | $185K |
| 2020 | $15.8M | $16.4M | $14.5M | $121K | — | $391K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $28K from 6 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions189
- Total compensation, all staff$16.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Freida Hook (president); Bernie Makokis (director); Connie Forbsiter (director); Victor Houle (director); Charles Weaselhead (treasurer).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Native Counselling Services of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107764888RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.