The Lakehead Learning Foundation
Public foundation · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 897977203RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($52,362) as filed with the CRA.
The Lakehead Learning Foundation is a public foundation based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $65K in revenue and $52K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,409.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $13K in 2024, the largest being $13K to Lakehead District School Board. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11K in 2020 to $65K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $65K | $52K | $24K | — | $13K | $158K |
| 2023 | $59K | $64K | $27K | — | $14K | $146K |
| 2022 | $62K | $41K | $23K | — | $14K | $151K |
| 2021 | $47K | $28K | $2,064 | — | $24K | $130K |
| 2020 | $11K | $22K | — | — | $21K | $110K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $13K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $6,409 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sherri-Lynne Pharand (president); Brian McKinnon (director); Jordan Lester (vice chair); Kirsti Alaska (secretary/treasurer); Angela Lee-Wiwcharyk (officer); Stephanie Ryynanen (officer); Jamie Smith (director); Sue Peever (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lakehead Learning Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897977203RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.