Thunder Bay Christmas Cheer Fund
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 131691792RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($443,586) as filed with the CRA.
Thunder Bay Christmas Cheer Fund is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $558K in revenue and $444K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $212K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $289K in 2020 to $558K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The purpose of this charity is to provide hampers of food clothing and toys to needy families with young children at christmas each year. Fund raising activies are conducted by christmas cheer volunteers and the thunder bay firefighter's association 'toys for tots' during november and december each year. A canned good blitz is also conducted in december throught the school system and grocery stores.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $558K | $444K | $334K | $78K | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $498K | $498K | $385K | $74K | — | $907K |
| 2022 | $517K | $322K | $282K | $6,650 | — | $908K |
| 2021 | $568K | $383K | $342K | $9,858 | — | $713K |
| 2020 | $289K | $279K | $257K | $2,475 | — | $528K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $212K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$88K
- Canadahelps Canadon$88K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- Graham Munro Charitable Foundation$10K
- Thunder Bay Community Foundation$3,000
- The Handicapped Action Group Incorporated$2,000
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$2,000
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Thunder Bay$1,000
- Exaltation of the Holy Cross Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church$394
- ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$300
- BenefAction Foundation$300
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Thunder Bay$100
- United Way of Thunder Bay$88
- Lakehead District School Board Employees Charity Trust Fund$75
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joleene Kemp (chairperson); Sandra Stewart (secretary); Rose Marie Sorochuk (director); Nancy Crooks (director); Barrie Rooks (director); Sandy Rooks (treasurer); Percy Sutton (director); Lori Kapush (director); Peter Libiak (director); Dave Gibb (director); Phyllis Nisbet (director); Paul Penna (director); Barb Halverson (director); Jill Thompson (director); Ken Toews.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thunder Bay Christmas Cheer Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131691792RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.