North Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
Publicly funded institution · North Bay, Ontario · BN 107780280RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,660,675) as filed with the CRA.
North Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre is a charitable organization based in North Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $6.2M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,337.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 64 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $5,037 in 2024, the largest being $4,237 to Benefit Campaign. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.2M in 2020 to $6.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
North bay indigenous friendship centre is a not-for-profit organization whose principal function is to improve the quality of life for aboriginal people living in the urban environment of north bay ontario by supporting self-determined activities which encourage equal access and participation in canadian society and which respect aboriginal culture distinctiveness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.2M | $5.7M | $5M | — | $5,038 | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $6M | $5.7M | $5.2M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $7.7M | $7.4M | $7.2M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $4.1M | $3.9M | $3.8M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $2.9M | $2.7M | $39K | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,037 to 3 qualified donees:
- Benefit Campaign$4,237
- Temagami First Nation (pow Wow)$500
- Coldest Night of the Year$300
Received $3,337 from 6 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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions64
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ken Brown (director); Joyce Shortt-Lavigne (treasurer); Maurice Switzer (president); Amanda Matthias-Mizzi (director); Aaron ST. Pierre (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107780280RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.