Thunder Bay Field Naturalists Club
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 119264216RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($295,184) as filed with the CRA.
Thunder Bay Field Naturalists Club is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $991K in revenue and $295K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 25% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $87K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $375 in 2024, the largest being $375 to Northwestern Ontario Regional Science Fair. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
1. Birding programs- thunder bay cape observatory (tcbo) bluebird recovery program other species at risk 2. Conservation / stewardship - nature reserves acqusitions / preservation ontario heritage trust orchard reserve monitoring 3. Publications - nature northwest tcbo news tbfn nature guide checklist of birds of thunder bay district checklist for vascular plants 4. Education - workshop and seminars website youth programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $991K | $295K | $259K | — | $375 | $7.7M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $433K | $407K | — | — | $7.8M |
| 2022 | $518K | $772K | $753K | — | — | $6.7M |
| 2021 | $514K | $245K | $231K | — | $2,268 | $6.2M |
| 2020 | $776K | $516K | $504K | — | — | $5.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $375 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $87K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandy Barrow (director at large); Mike Carter (director at large); Neil Dawson (vice president); Thora Cartlidge (director at large); Monika Holenstein (director at large); Susan Bryan (secretary); Susan Prince (treasurer); Lana Bresele (director at large); Allen Harris (director at large); Theresa Patcheson (director at large); Keith Wade (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thunder Bay Field Naturalists Club’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119264216RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.