Mikinakoos Children's Fund
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 845825835RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($330,365) as filed with the CRA.
Mikinakoos Children's Fund is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $283K in revenue and $330K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 23% from government, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $46 in 2020 to $283K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Food hampers: addresses food insecurity along with offering other basic necessities such as warm clothing and baby items. Fostering our mission to ease the cost of living for northern children and families. Warm clothing: through the warm clothing program we regularly collect specific clothing item donations that are then packaged and delivered to the communities that we serve. Community members assist in identifying which families benefit most. Healthy living: to provide children with appropriate level courses seminars and workshops to promote well-rounded lives. Activities are designed…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $283K | $330K | $216K | $39K | $0 | -$801 |
| 2023 | $375K | $522K | $413K | — | — | $26K |
| 2022 | $589K | $487K | $370K | — | — | $251K |
| 2021 | $114K | $83K | $50K | — | — | $73K |
| 2020 | $46 | $545 | — | — | — | $42K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $52K from 6 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$128K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Calleja (secretary); Corinne Fox (director); Colleen Martin (president); James Morris (director); Tyra Ohman (director); Jessica McLaughlin (director); Jeff Stout (director); Teak Favel-Lagowski (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mikinakoos Children's Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845825835RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.