Living Hope Native Ministries
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 856793369RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($748,957) as filed with the CRA.
Living Hope Native Ministries is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $757K in revenue and $749K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,500 in 2024, the largest being $1,500 to Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We Hold Worship Services Weekly. We Provide Religious Ministries Services And Pastoral Care For Men Women Children And Youth. We Assign Volunteers To Encourage Youth And Operate Youth Drop In Centres. W Econduct Vacation Bible Schools In The Summer And Teach Bible Classes In School. We Operate A Wilderness Leadership Training School.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $757K | $749K | $438K | $14K | $1,500 | $734K |
| 2023 | $712K | $728K | $506K | — | $6,300 | $728K |
| 2022 | $752K | $667K | $653K | — | $14K | $750K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $665K | $475K | $17K | — | $665K |
| 2020 | $591K | $726K | $498K | $19K | $49K | $299K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $78K from 22 charities:
- The Lighthouse First Nations Church$11K
- Atikokan Community Fellowship$10K
- Uxbridge Baptist Church$7,250
- Maple View Mennonite Church$7,000
- Bayside Family Church$6,500
- Moosonee Community Church$6,000
- Believers Fellowship$5,000
- ST Andrew's Presbyterian Church$3,590
- Asbury Free Methodist Church$3,525
- ST Andrew's Presbyterian Church$3,215
- New Life Community Fellowship$2,475
- Morson Community Bible Fellowship$2,050
- All Saints Anglican Church$2,010
- Barwick Community Church$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,640
- Zion's Reign Apostolic Centre$1,200
- Goodwood Baptist Church$1,000
- Bible Fellowship Assembly$1,000
- Harbour of Hope Fellowship$650
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$500
- Pickle Lake Gospel Chapel$490
- Glen Major United Church$200
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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$455K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Sinclair (director); Clarence Meekis (chairman); David Traintinger (director); Albert James (director); Anthony Shapwaykeesic (director); Kenneth Funk (secretary treasurer); Kenneth Graber (director); Andrew Lang (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Living Hope Native Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856793369RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.