Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation
Publicly funded institution · Fort William First Nation, Ontario · BN 137530606RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,830,790) as filed with the CRA.
Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation is a charitable organization based in Fort William First Nation, 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 $16.2M in revenue and $15.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $19.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 129 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.6M in 2020 to $16.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Planning developing delivering coordinating and administering the provision of legal education and restorative justice for the people of the nishnawbe-aski nation in a manner sensitive to and respectful of their inique cultural heritage.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.2M | $15.8M | — | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $14.6M | $13.9M | — | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $11.7M | $11.4M | — | — | — | $850K |
| 2021 | $9.9M | $9.6M | $8.9M | — | — | $596K |
| 2020 | $8.6M | $8.5M | $731K | — | — | $283K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $19 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions129
- Total compensation, all staff$8.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim Beardy (chair); Frank McKay (vice chair); Sarah Waboose (elder central); Tom Wassaykeesic (director); Simon Winnepetonga (director); Jason Batise (secretary treasurer); Amos Wesley (director); Lisa Echum (director); Andrea Yesno-Linklater (youth council); Barney Batise (east elder); Ramon Kataquapit (youth council); Anna Betty Achneepineskum (ex-officio); Cory Meekis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137530606RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.