Lakehead District School Board
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 107590721RR0004 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($176,349,330) as filed with the CRA.
Lakehead District School Board is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $176.9M in revenue and $176.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $88K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 1,604 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Lakehead District School Board is an english language public school board delivering services as mandated by the educational statuses and regulations of the Province of Ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $176.9M | $176.3M | $126.1M | — | — | -$2.7M |
| 2023 | $154.5M | $154.4M | $106.6M | — | — | -$3.3M |
| 2022 | $152.4M | $144M | $101.3M | — | — | $7M |
| 2021 | $141.8M | $139.5M | $99.5M | — | — | -$1.4M |
| 2020 | $130.5M | $131.6M | $94.6M | — | — | -$3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $88K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,604
- Total compensation, all staff$134.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ellen Chambers (chair/trustee); George Saarinen (vice chair/trustee); Ron Oikonen (trustee); Ryan Sitch; Trudy Tuchenhagen (trustee); Scott Wemigwans (indigenous trustee); Kirsti Alaksa (officer); Angela Lee-Wiwcharyk (officer); Stephanie Ryynanen (officer); Sherri-Lynne Pharand (director); Donica LeBlanc (trustee); Leah Vanderwey (trustee); Pat Johansen (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakehead District School Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107590721RR0004), or read how we compute the receipt.