Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 885700344RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,072,826) as filed with the CRA.
Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $2.2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government, 13% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $415K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Thunder bay aboriginal head start toddler and preschool nursery school (18-67 months) and biwaase'aa elementary in-school & after-school program (7-13 year olds).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2M | — | — | $667K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.6M | — | — | $529K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $434K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $384K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $347K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $415K from 5 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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Thompson (president); Sarah Nelson (director); Lana Ray (director); Diane Walker (treasurer); Betty Kennedy (vice president); Brenden Mawakeesick (director); Koral Hamilton (director); Joseph Duncan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885700344RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.