Native Women In The Arts (Canada)
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 861022085RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($256,631) as filed with the CRA.
Native Women In The Arts (Canada) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $205K in revenue and $257K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,540.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Native women in the arts (canada) is a not-for-profit organization for first nations inuit and métis women and other indigenous gender marginalized people from diverse artistic disciplines who share a common interest in culture art community and the advancement of indigenous people
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $205K | $257K | $158K | $1,642 | — | $60K |
| 2023 | $270K | $251K | $161K | — | — | $111K |
| 2022 | $354K | $315K | $202K | — | — | $92K |
| 2021 | $333K | $305K | $212K | — | — | $53K |
| 2020 | $269K | $257K | $182K | — | — | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,540 from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$138K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aylan Couchie (director); Jenny Blackbird (chair); Ange Loft (treasurer); Theo Cuthand (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Native Women In The Arts (Canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861022085RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.