The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop
Charitable organizationEducation in the arts·BOX 425 · 1100 MEMORIAL AVENUE · THUNDER BAY, ON · P7B 4A3·BN 850503269RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
Cents to cause T1
90¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
10%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$18K
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
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Is The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 850503269RR0001. 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 The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is BOX 425, 1100 MEMORIAL AVENUE, THUNDER BAY, ON, P7B 4A3. Source.
What does The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Our mission is to encourage and promote the writers of Northwestern Ontario and interest in literature in the communities our 120 members live in. We offer workshops and public readings in person and through the internet (Zoom). We publish a literary magazine featuring the work of our members and contest winners. We…" Full program description.
How much of The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $18K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Our mission is to encourage and promote the writers of Northwestern Ontario and interest in literature in the communities our 120 members live in. We offer workshops and public readings in person and through the internet (Zoom). We publish a literary magazine featuring the work of our members and contest winners. We also promote and sell an anthology of stories published in 2017. Our website and monthly newsletter promotes our members and program offerings by NOWW. We hold an annual writing contest open from January 1 to March 1 each year. Program offerings also include an annual literary… Show more
Our mission is to encourage and promote the writers of Northwestern Ontario and interest in literature in the communities our 120 members live in. We offer workshops and public readings in person and through the internet (Zoom). We publish a literary magazine featuring the work of our members and contest winners. We also promote and sell an anthology of stories published in 2017. Our website and monthly newsletter promotes our members and program offerings by NOWW. We hold an annual writing contest open from January 1 to March 1 each year. Program offerings also include an annual literary event where a guest author does a reading and workshop and our contest winners are announced.
New programs
No new programs in this reporting period.
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.
90¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ 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; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 90¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
10%
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
—
Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$18K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)17%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
15%
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
17%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
15%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
68%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | $17K | — | 10% | — |
| 2020-06-30 | $18K | 91¢ | 10% | — |
| 2021-06-30 | $48K | 89¢ | 11% | — |
| 2022-06-30 | $44K | 85¢ | 11% | — |
| 2023-06-30 | $21K | 92¢ | 8% | — |
| 2024-06-30 | $18K | 90¢ | 10% | — |
| trend |
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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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Figures per each charity's F2024 T3010 · self-reported, not audited by us · ✱= that filing's expense lines don't reconcile · open a profile for sources and caveats.
Board of directors
7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length
- Campbell, Charles BTreasurerarm's length
- Bullough, PhilDirectorarm's length
- Bye, ClaytonPresidentarm's length
- Gastmeier, MaryDirectorarm's length
- Birmingham, Elizabeth (Betsy) JDirectorarm's length
- Dickson, Heather LPresidentarm's length
- Winslow, CathiPast Presidentarm'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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