Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit (the Board)
Publicly funded institution · Kenora, Ontario · BN 107785800RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,717,309) as filed with the CRA.
Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit (the Board) is a charitable organization based in Kenora, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $22M in revenue and $22.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $112K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 157 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Provides public health services to people resident in the kenora-rainy river district.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22M | $22.7M | $18.2M | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $24.3M | $22.6M | $18.3M | — | — | $5M |
| 2022 | $25.7M | $21.9M | $17.7M | — | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $24.5M | $20.3M | $16.4M | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $22.3M | $18.5M | $15M | — | — | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $112K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions157
- Total compensation, all staff$16M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Lawrence (chair); Trudy Sachowski (executive member); Wendy Brunetta (vice chair); Robert Bernie (director); Jamie Kristoff (director); Rebecca Vineberg (director); Lucille Macdonald (director); Deanna Pacheco (provincial appointee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit (the Board)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107785800RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.