Lakehead District School Board Employees Charity Trust Fund
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 890525181RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,493) as filed with the CRA.
Lakehead District School Board Employees Charity Trust Fund is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $18K in revenue and $18K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 38 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $18K in 2024, the largest being $12K to United Way of Thunder Bay. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $28K in 2020 to $18K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Employees complete a donation form. The payroll department deducts authroized amounts from the employees payroll cheque. Distribution of funds ( per donation form) are then issued to charities. Receipts are not issued to employees. Amounts deducted appear on their t4
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18K | $18K | — | — | $18K | — |
| 2023 | $21K | $21K | — | — | $21K | — |
| 2022 | $24K | $24K | — | — | $24K | — |
| 2021 | $25K | $25K | — | — | $25K | — |
| 2020 | $28K | $28K | — | — | $28K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $18K to 9 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sherri-Lynne Pharand (director); Kirsti Alaksa (officer); Patricia Johansen (officer); Michele Smykalski (officer); Ellen Chambers (officer); Donica Leblanc (officer); Gertrude Tuchenhagen (officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakehead District School Board Employees Charity Trust Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890525181RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.