Thunder Bay and Area Victim Services
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 893657007RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($403,158) as filed with the CRA.
Thunder Bay and Area Victim Services is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $412K in revenue and $403K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,177.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $228K in 2020 to $412K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Program delivery of assistance and referral services to victims of crime or tragic circumstances through funding by the ministry of children community and social services along with donations and fundraising.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $412K | $403K | $399K | $863 | — | $33K |
| 2023 | $353K | $332K | $331K | $941 | — | $24K |
| 2022 | $305K | $304K | $304K | — | — | $3,716 |
| 2021 | $297K | $300K | $300K | — | — | $3,517 |
| 2020 | $228K | $231K | $231K | — | — | $7,194 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,177 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$285K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deborah Dika (chair); Brooke Rogers (vice-chair); Lorena Beaulieu (secretary); Jane Ann McGill (director); Jennifer McKenzie (director); Ally Buso (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thunder Bay and Area Victim Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893657007RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.