Onake Corporation
Publicly funded institution · Akwesasne, Ontario · BN 119067148RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($905,436) as filed with the CRA.
Onake Corporation is a charitable organization based in Akwesasne, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 $936K in revenue and $905K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $118K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $522K in 2020 to $936K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To revitalize maintain perpetuate and promote north american first nations culture by first nations people for first nations people and others in world society.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $936K | $905K | $863K | — | — | $775K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $745K |
| 2022 | $486K | $496K | $449K | — | — | $651K |
| 2021 | $381K | $334K | $298K | — | — | $660K |
| 2020 | $522K | $481K | $443K | — | — | $613K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $118K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$272K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernice Lazore (president); Eugene Seymour (director); James Ransom (vice president); Carole Ross (director); Mike Mitchell (director); Alma Ransom (secretary); Rebecca Benedict (director); Vanessa Myra David (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Onake Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119067148RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.