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
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)85¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 85¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)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 ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.2 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
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 ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)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 ↗
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 |
| trend |
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)
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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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