Thunder Bay Finnish Language School/thunder Bayn Suomen Kielen Koulu
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 892109778RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,042) as filed with the CRA.
Thunder Bay Finnish Language School/thunder Bayn Suomen Kielen Koulu is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $3,371 in revenue and $4,042 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $192.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $5,789 in 2020 to $3,371 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The school operates at one location offering 2 hour weekly classes for about 15 students aged 4-13. We also perform finnish poems songs and dances in special occasions especially related to finnish culture. Our activity parallels that of public school year. We are part of after school programme of lakehead school board and collaborate with other finnish organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,371 | $4,042 | $4,042 | — | — | $113 |
| 2023 | $2,618 | $3,386 | $3,386 | — | — | $786 |
| 2022 | $4,748 | $3,598 | $3,568 | — | — | $1,554 |
| 2021 | $185 | $438 | $423 | — | — | $405 |
| 2020 | $5,789 | $5,434 | — | — | — | $659 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $192 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Saara Vuoreia (chair); Pia Hirvas-Kiiskila (vice chair); Heleena Stephens (secretary); Marja-Leena Kormano (treasurer); Irma Nystrom (member at large); Anja Irwin (member at large); Pirjo Einola (teacher representative); Dayna Innanen (member at large); Hannele Kormano (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thunder Bay Finnish Language School/thunder Bayn Suomen Kielen Koulu’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892109778RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.