NORTHWIND FAMILY MINISTRIES
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·141 MAY ST S · THUNDER BAY, ON · P7E 1A9·BN 791525090RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
Cents to cause T1
85¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
15%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.2 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$1.9M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Northwind Family Ministries?
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Is Northwind Family Ministries a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 791525090RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Northwind Family Ministries located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 141 MAY ST S, THUNDER BAY, ON, P7E 1A9. Source.
What does Northwind Family Ministries do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The Gathering—Weekly Family Fellowship and Bible Study; Community Outreach and PlayDays—Activity-based programs in low income housing complexes; Bible studies and Spiritual Growth—Trauma informed literacy building culturally relevant Bible lessons for individuals and groups; Counselling Services—Clinical…" Full program description.
How much of Northwind Family Ministries's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 85¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Northwind Family Ministries?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $1.9M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Gathering—Weekly Family Fellowship and Bible Study; Community Outreach and PlayDays—Activity-based programs in low income housing complexes; Bible studies and Spiritual Growth—Trauma informed literacy building culturally relevant Bible lessons for individuals and groups; Counselling Services—Clinical psychotherapy and counselling; Family Strengthening—Whole life healing for families through psychotherapy and attachment-theory-based activities; Compass—Crisis response team to northern communities; Competent Caring workshops—Training for individuals who are in supportive roles; … Show more
The Gathering—Weekly Family Fellowship and Bible Study; Community Outreach and PlayDays—Activity-based programs in low income housing complexes; Bible studies and Spiritual Growth—Trauma informed literacy building culturally relevant Bible lessons for individuals and groups; Counselling Services—Clinical psychotherapy and counselling; Family Strengthening—Whole life healing for families through psychotherapy and attachment-theory-based activities; Compass—Crisis response team to northern communities; Competent Caring workshops—Training for individuals who are in supportive roles; LifeBuild—Life development and skills training; Women Restored—Supporting women impacted by domestic violence; LifeBuild Parenting—parenting series for Indigenous families; Cooking For Life—Teaching nutritional cooking with limited resources; Camps—Summer camps for Children youth and family; Youth retreats—Land-based programs for Indigenous youth; Friday Outreach—ministry to street adjacent; Learning Centre—Bible training that meets people where they are and apprentices them into leadership; Next Steps—equipping the street involved to take the next steps to independence and health; Enhance—Life skills and safety-in-the-city training for Indigenous youth.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
85¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 85¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
this charity 85¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
15%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.2 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$1.9M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)18%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
2%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
18%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
2%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
80%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $599K | 91¢ | 9% | 0.2 yr |
| 2020-08-31 | $773K | 85¢ | 15% | 0.6 yr |
| 2021-08-31 | $1.2M | 83¢ | 17% | 0.5 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $1.3M | 85¢ | 10% | 0.4 yr |
| 2023-08-31 | $1.5M | 86¢ | 14% | 0.3 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $1.9M | 85¢ | 15% | 0.2 yr |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- Neckoway, RaymondDirector - Board chairarm's length
- Condon, JohnDirector - Vice Chair & Sec.arm's length
- Blekkenhorst, PeggyDirector - Treasurerarm's length
- Andres, JohnDirectorarm's length
- Sweetman, DeniseDirectorarm's length
- Yesno, HarveyDirectorarm's length
- Ewing, MilissaDirectorarm's length
- Ledua, BonitaExecutive Directorarm's length
- Carlisle, WesleyDirector of Administrationarm's length
- Loney, CarolDirectorarm's length
- Seibel, FranzDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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