The Niagara Foundation for Catholic Education
Public foundation · Niagara Falls, Ontario · BN 892188566RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($133,661) as filed with the CRA.
The Niagara Foundation for Catholic Education is a public foundation based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $226K in revenue and $134K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $71K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $26K in 2024, the largest being $26K to Niagara Catholic District School Board. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $74K in 2020 to $226K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To provide financial support through the awarding of scholarships to elementary and secondary catholic schools within the jurisdiction of the niagara catholic district school board
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $226K | $134K | $22K | $58K | $26K | $472K |
| 2023 | $165K | $101K | $29K | $46K | $26K | $379K |
| 2022 | $413K | $377K | $308K | $45K | $306K | $316K |
| 2021 | $116K | $87K | $947 | $27K | $36K | $280K |
| 2020 | $74K | $56K | — | $38K | $32K | $251K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $26K to 1 qualified donee:
- Niagara Catholic District School Board$26K
Received $71K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$18K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dan Whipple (president); Marc Digirolamo (director); Leo Clutterbuck (director); William Walter (director); Dolores Fabiano (1st vice president); Gordon Sheehan (director); Joe Dennis (2nd vice president); Danny DI Lorenzo (treasurer); John Crocco (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Niagara Foundation for Catholic Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892188566RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.