Bowater MILL Employees' Charity Fund of Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc.
Public foundation · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 889409447RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,150) as filed with the CRA.
Bowater MILL Employees' Charity Fund of Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc. is a public foundation based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $12K in revenue and $16K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $3,230 to Dayna Elizabeth Karle (DEK) Addiction Recovery Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Collects payroll deductions from employees and distributes to charities. In 2021 there were $19 500.00 in donation paid out.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12K | $16K | — | — | $16K | — |
| 2023 | $15K | $13K | — | — | $13K | $3,718 |
| 2022 | $15K | $14K | — | — | $14K | $1,906 |
| 2021 | $16K | — | — | — | — | $1,129 |
| 2020 | $17K | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Earl Harrison (unifor l39 rep); Robert ST. Jean (unifor local 257 rep); John Birdbills (ibew l1565 rep); Brian Hinderbrandner (iuoe l865 rep); Dave Halushak (mgmt rep / secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bowater MILL Employees' Charity Fund of Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889409447RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.