The Northwest Catholic District School Board
Publicly funded institution · Fort Frances, Ontario · BN 874422165RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($31,841,629) as filed with the CRA.
The Northwest Catholic District School Board is a charitable organization based in Fort Frances, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $32.1M in revenue and $31.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,500.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 355 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
To advance education the board maintains elementary schools in sioux lookout dryden fort frances atikokan and stratton; hires and trains teaching and support staff; provides educational support services to its students; provides facilities that encourage achievement and wellbeing such as adequate playground facilities and provides enrichment opportunities for its student; including field trips academic resources and academic programming such as music arts and language programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $32.1M | $31.8M | $373K | — | — | -$20M |
| 2023 | $28.5M | $28.4M | $465K | — | — | -$17.3M |
| 2022 | $28.5M | $27.8M | $222K | — | — | -$16.1M |
| 2021 | $28.2M | $26.6M | $197K | — | — | -$16.2M |
| 2020 | $25.8M | $25M | $197K | — | — | $90.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions355
- Total compensation, all staff$19.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Sharp (trustee); Kathy Bryck (chair); Cathy Bowen (trustee); James Kulchyski (trustee); Peter Marshall (trustee); Amanda Levesque (trustee); Cathy Piotrowski (vice-chair); Andrea Maggrah (trustee); Joelle Blanc-Paull (trustee); Jackie Robinson (secretary); Alex McAuley (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Northwest Catholic District School Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874422165RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.