Nechi Institute: Centre of Indigenous Learning
Publicly funded institution · ST. Albert, Alberta · BN 107766388RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($960,104) as filed with the CRA.
Nechi Institute: Centre of Indigenous Learning is a charitable organization based in ST. Albert, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $877K in revenue and $960K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 1,981 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Indigenous addictions service diploma (2 year course) and indigenous addictions certificate program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $877K | $960K | $721K | — | — | -$330K |
| 2022 | $917K | $1.1M | $744K | — | — | -$238K |
| 2021 | $1M | $1.4M | $1.1M | — | — | -$88K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $2M | $1.4M | — | — | $256K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $50K from 3 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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$297K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Stephen Didzena (director); Lillian Mildred Shirt (director); Francis Wolfleg (director); Marilyn Buffalo (ceo).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nechi Institute: Centre of Indigenous Learning’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107766388RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.