Niagara Chapter - Native Women Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Fort Erie, Ontario · BN 107773111RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($990,773) as filed with the CRA.
Niagara Chapter - Native Women Inc. is a charitable organization based in Fort Erie, Ontario, 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 $1.1M in revenue and $991K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $744K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. Operate an aboriginal child advocate program for the benefit of native children 2. Provide care and education for young children through a program of promoying their health physical emotional and intellectual growth 3. To work towards the attainment of better living & working conditions for all native women 4. To speak in unity for all native women
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $991K | $449K | $37K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1M | $470K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $511K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $905K | $433K | — | — | $779K |
| 2020 | $744K | $622K | $288K | — | — | $608K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$618K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jssica Ghosen (secretary); Valerie Ghosen (treasurer); Dianne Grenier (director); Norma Sue Hill (director); Lisa Martin (president); Gayle Porter (vice president); Nancy Maracle (director); Becky Whitlow (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Niagara Chapter - Native Women Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107773111RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.