Northwestern Ontario Literacy Network
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 136917226RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($210,134) as filed with the CRA.
Northwestern Ontario Literacy Network is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $228K in revenue and $210K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $30.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $128K in 2020 to $228K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Support and promote adult literacy in the region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $228K | $210K | $179K | — | — | $92K |
| 2023 | $200K | $178K | $152K | — | — | $104K |
| 2022 | $167K | $191K | $162K | — | — | $82K |
| 2021 | $123K | $122K | $104K | — | — | $104K |
| 2020 | $128K | $133K | $113K | — | — | $105K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $30 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$100K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anita Webster (vice chair); Walter Prettie (treasurer); Melissa Bonneville (secretary); Rebecca Groulx (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northwestern Ontario Literacy Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136917226RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.