The First Nations Technical Institute
Publicly funded institution · Deseronto, Ontario · BN 101808145RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,752,707) as filed with the CRA.
The First Nations Technical Institute is a charitable organization based in Deseronto, 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 $13.2M in revenue and $11.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $112K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 66 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Training courses in a variety of areas including business admin avaition human services communication and marketing community programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.2M | $11.8M | $7.9M | — | — | $11.5M |
| 2023 | $13.1M | $11.6M | $8.2M | — | — | $10M |
| 2022 | $13.4M | $11.6M | $8M | — | — | $8.6M |
| 2021 | $9.6M | $8.5M | $5.6M | — | — | $6.9M |
| 2020 | $9.4M | $8.3M | $5.7M | — | — | $5.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $112K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions66
- Total compensation, all staff$7.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Winston Brant (secretary/treasurer); Ralph Brant (chair); Kate Brant (director); Donna Loft (director); Pamela Detlor (director); Doug Green (vice chair); Mark McEvoy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The First Nations Technical Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 101808145RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.