Northwestern Ontario Regional Science Fair
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 119062164RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($23,723) as filed with the CRA.
Northwestern Ontario Regional Science Fair is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $26K in revenue and $24K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $375.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6,850 in 2020 to $26K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The NWO Science Fair holds a regional fair for all students from grades 4 to 12. This is a two day event that includes open hours activities and a full day of judging by professors and local experts and the last day is an awards presentation. Various prizes and cash awards are given as well as having the top four projects sent to the Canada Wide Science Fair.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26K | $24K | $18K | — | $0 | $7,041 |
| 2023 | $1,900 | $17K | $17K | — | — | $4,706 |
| 2022 | $1,000 | $3,336 | $3,110 | — | $0 | $20K |
| 2021 | $2,625 | $4,286 | $4,060 | — | $0 | $22K |
| 2020 | $6,850 | $1,927 | $1,927 | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $375 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Cross (secretary); Rebecca Cross (school liason); Guillem Dayer (chief judge); Jason Pilot (chair); Troy Pilatzke (treasurer); Andrew Schach (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northwestern Ontario Regional Science Fair’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119062164RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.