Northern Connections Adult Learning Centres
Publicly funded institution · Sharbot Lake, Ontario · BN 136481116RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($290,146) as filed with the CRA.
Northern Connections Adult Learning Centres is a charitable organization based in Sharbot Lake, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $298K in revenue and $290K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $9,500.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Operated centres to be used for workshops and training programs for the benefit of the general adult population. Developed and ran training and educational programs for underrepresented persons including disabled and lower income persons. Provided literacy and digital literacy programs and classes to members of the public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $298K | $290K | $218K | — | — | $24K |
| 2023 | $294K | $301K | $225K | — | — | $21K |
| 2022 | $294K | $328K | $199K | — | — | $27K |
| 2021 | $279K | $276K | $207K | — | — | $8,153 |
| 2020 | $274K | $275K | $207K | — | — | $10K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $9,500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$205K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peggy Hurley (president); Rhonda Kimberley-Young (vice-president); Janet Barr (treasurer/secretary); Tracy Riddell (executive director); Penny Cota (director); Pam Lemke (director); Lillian Barker Godfrey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northern Connections Adult Learning Centres’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136481116RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.