Elizabeth Fry Society of North Western Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 885038802RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($819,355) as filed with the CRA.
Elizabeth Fry Society of North Western Ontario is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $785K in revenue and $819K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 71% from government, 17% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $122K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $194K in 2020 to $785K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To conduct jail visitation programs in order to assess and refer women in conflict with the law for counseling treatment and support programs as well as to develop and implement social integration and/or alternate programs. To assist in court proceedings by providing support and encourgement to women and by providing the court with the women's social histories. To educate the public about the criminal justice system by providing seminars.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $785K | $819K | $724K | $716 | — | $106K |
| 2023 | $799K | $764K | — | — | — | $140K |
| 2022 | $566K | $521K | $482K | — | — | $106K |
| 2021 | $430K | $437K | $93K | — | — | $61K |
| 2020 | $194K | $174K | $167K | — | — | $69K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $122K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$498K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bev Picard (vice president); Erin Bellevance (director); Jean Armstrong (treasurer); Helle Moller (president); Ashely Walter (secretary); Warkentin Raij (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elizabeth Fry Society of North Western Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885038802RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.