Kenora & Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation
Public foundation · Kenora, Ontario · BN 872794904RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,059,755) as filed with the CRA.
Kenora & Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Kenora, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $357K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 36 qualified donees totalling $665K in 2024, the largest being $74K to Lake of the Woods Museum. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The Community Foundation is dedicated to help improve community living and the quality of life for citizens and visitors to Kenora and the Lake of the Woods Region. The Community Foundation aims to strengthen the communities in which we serve by continuously striving towards three key objectives: Endowment building Broad and effective grant making Community Leadership The Kenora and Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation considers grants for charitable organizations that fall into the following categories: General Needs of the Community Health & Wellness Social Welfar…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $1.1M | $51K | $33K | $675K | $10.2M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $619K | $24K | $49K | $337K | $9.1M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $833K | $178K | $39K | $482K | $7.6M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $863K | — | $63K | $539K | $8.7M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $671K | — | $5,474 | $429K | $7.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $665K to 36 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Lake of the Woods Museum$74K
- Keewatin-Patricia District School Board$66K
- Firefly - Physical Emotional Developmental and Community Services$61K
- Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe'iyewigamig$56K
- Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit (the Board)$46K
- Township of Sioux Narrow-Nestor Falls$44K
- City of Kenora$27K
- Kenora Association for Community Living$24K
- Kenora & Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation$23K
- The United Church of Canada$21K
- District of Kenora Home for the Aged$21K
- Kenora Catholic District School Board$19K
- Women's Shelter Saakaate House Inc.$18K
- Grey Bruce Aboriginal Qimmiq Team$18K
- The Kenora Public Library Board$17K
- Pinecrest Home Auxiliary$16K
- Kenora Sexual Assault Centre$14K
- Alzheimer Society of Kenora/rainy River Districts$13K
- Canadian Mental Health Association Kenora Branch$12K
- Jubilee Church of God$10K
- Therapeutic Paws of Canada$8,799
- Lake of the Woods Historical Society$8,463
- Lake of the Woods District Hospital Foundation$7,180
- Pellatt United Firefighters$6,050
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$5,775
Received $357K from 15 charities:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$104K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- The Kenora Public Library Board$37K
- Community Foundations of Canada$28K
- Abundance Canada$25K
- The Douglas Family Foundation$24K
- Kenora & Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation$23K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,603
- Lake of the Woods Museum$2,750
- Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough$2,000
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$2,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$1,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$26
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$192K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shannon Robinson (president); Claudine Cordeiro (treasurer); James Williams (secretary); Darcia Curtis (vice); Gord McCool (director); Laura Wheatley (director); Kyle Attanasio (director); Stefanie Bryant (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kenora & Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872794904RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.