Lakehead Region Conservation Authority
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 107590804RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,011,199) as filed with the CRA.
Lakehead Region Conservation Authority is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $3.1M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Provides services for improvement and benefit of the locality by pursuing conservation creation development and management of natural resources.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $3M | $2M | — | — | $7.7M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $1.5M | — | — | $7.7M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.6M | $1.8M | — | — | $7.6M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $2.2M | $1.4M | — | — | $7.7M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.2M | — | — | $8.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Grant Arnold (vice chair); James Vezina (member); Donna Blunt (chair); Rudy Buitenhuis (member); Dan Calvert (member); Sheelagh Hendrick (member); Brian Kurikka (member); Albert Aiello (member); Trevor Giertuga (member); Greg Johnsen (member); Robert Beatty (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakehead Region Conservation Authority’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107590804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.