The Centre for Aboriginal Media (ontario)
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 898938717RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,174,051) as filed with the CRA.
The Centre for Aboriginal Media (ontario) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 January 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Films video audio and digital media screenings (all indigenous made). Presentation are part of the annual festival (low cost and free); free gallery-based exhibitions; free workshops and panels open to the public; tour presentation of film and vr works (indigenous made) to rural northern and academic organizations across canada. Artistic commissioning projects; informative ebulltin and social media presence detailing job opportunities training programs artistic opportunities and commissioning projects; network opportunities for indigenous filmmakers to connect with canadian and…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $3.2M | $2.5M | $126K | — | $578K |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $2.8M | $162K | — | $964K |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.3M | $1.7M | $143K | — | $724K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.7M | $143K | — | $665K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2M | $166K | — | $194K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 5 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 positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melanie Hadley (chair); Pauline Shirt (cultural advisor/elder); Jason Lewis (director); Darlene Naponse (director); Anne Pick (director); Kelly Boutsalis (director); Jordan Molaro (secretary); Colin Van Loon (director); Victoria Anderson-Gardner (director); Claudia Skunk (director); Alison Korogyi (director); Maize Longboat (treasurer); Suzanne Kite (director); Amelia Winger-Bearskin (director); Travis Mercredi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Centre for Aboriginal Media (ontario)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898938717RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.