Niagara Centre for Independent Living
Publicly funded institution · St.catharines, Ontario · BN 130230741RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($594,077) as filed with the CRA.
Niagara Centre for Independent Living is a charitable organization based in St.catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $596K in revenue and $594K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Advocacy: Our advocate is here to assist you as a person with a self identified disability to express your opinions and make your views heard in order to lead change in your life. Direct Funding: Self-Managed Attendant Services Program embodies the key principles of the Independent Living philosophy: choice flexibility and control Work Link: Provides individually tailored employment assistance to adults with disabilities in the Niagara Region. Our Case Managers will work with you to create a Return-to-Work–Action–Plan that works best for your situation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $596K | $594K | $535K | — | — | $29K |
| 2023 | $566K | $563K | $470 | — | — | $28K |
| 2022 | $568K | $569K | $1,614 | — | — | $24K |
| 2021 | $564K | $565K | $491 | — | — | $25K |
| 2020 | $562K | $563K | $915 | — | — | $26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $58K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$396K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michelle Duncanson (chair); Mahenoor Jadgal (director); Shelley Gilbert (director); Eileen McCormick (director); Krystine Donato; Maria Rondinone (director); Snedden Ferreira (director); Kim Latour (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Niagara Centre for Independent Living’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130230741RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.