The Circle of Turtle Lodge
Charitable organization · Golden Lake, Ontario · BN 845859016RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($63,598) as filed with the CRA.
The Circle of Turtle Lodge is a charitable organization based in Golden Lake, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $79K in revenue and $64K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,848.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $39K in 2020 to $79K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The circle of turtle lodge's principal activities involve reviving aboriginal culture and traditions for aboriginal persons in ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $79K | $64K | $35K | — | $26K | $131K |
| 2023 | $252K | $206K | $185K | $2,631 | — | $127K |
| 2022 | $271K | $212K | $189K | $3,124 | — | $82K |
| 2021 | $80K | $66K | $66K | — | — | $32K |
| 2020 | $39K | $37K | $37K | — | — | $23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,848 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$85K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Norma Bailey-Stirling (president); Aimee Bailey (spokeperson); Alexandra Freed (trustee); Annie Parker (treasurer); Olivia Davies (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Circle of Turtle Lodge’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845859016RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.