The Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 892517780RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($777,429) as filed with the CRA.
The Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $810K in revenue and $777K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 52% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $60K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $440K in 2020 to $810K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Provider of charitable and educational services for women. Provider of support and information referral for women. Drop-in centre and meeting place for women and resource centre for women. Provider of good food box program in thunder bay providing fruits/vegetables at reasonable prices and education services relating to nutrition etc
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $810K | $777K | $743K | $7 | — | $292K |
| 2023 | $689K | $662K | $626K | $9,265 | — | $260K |
| 2022 | $543K | $520K | $493K | — | — | $232K |
| 2021 | $603K | $559K | $511K | — | — | $209K |
| 2020 | $440K | $390K | $359K | — | — | $161K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $60K from 3 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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$419K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robin Hogan (director); Jan Oakley (president); Airin Stephens (director); Jennifer Chrisholm (director); Nancy Johnson (vice-president); Sherrie-Lee Petrie (director); Michelle George (treasurer); Julianna Cronk (director); Emily Brooks (director); Sierra Garofalo (director); Courtney Strutt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892517780RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.