Manitoulin Family Resources Inc.

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About Manitoulin Family Resources Inc.

Overview

Manitoulin Family Resources Inc delivers three principal program streams. Firstly, it provides emergency shelter and food to women and their children who are experiencing domestic violence or other crisis which necessitates leaving home. Additionally, it provides counseling and transitional support to women and children experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault. Secondly, the organization delivers both centre-based and home-based child care services, administered from its Mindemoya base. Lastly, it fosters a volunteer-assisted community thrift store and food bank.

Mission

Manitoulin Family Resources exists to enhance the quality of life of individuals and families by providing resources, advocacy, support, and education to those in need. It fulfills this purpose through its core program areas — Violence Against Women Prevention and Emergency Food Assistance — offering services that educate about healthy relationships, foster safety and protection, and connect people with the resources they need to help themselves and their families.

Vision

Manitoulin Family Resources works toward a future in which individuals and families in the Manitoulin Island, Espanola, and North Shore region have access to the resources, safety, and support they need to thrive. The organization is guided by a commitment to client-led, trauma-informed practice — particularly in its women's services — where each person is recognized as the expert of their own situation. MFR values collaboration with community partners, cultural responsiveness to the Anishinaabe and francophone communities it serves, and the provision of services that are universally free and confidential.

Unique value proposition

MFR is the primary multi-service social support hub for a geographically isolated rural island region, uniquely bundling emergency women's sheltering, a 24/7 crisis line, trauma-informed counselling, food security programming, and a community thrift store under a single agency. Its reach extends across a large and dispersed catchment — from Manitoulin Island to Espanola and the North Shore — and its services are delivered free of charge with cultural sensitivity to both Anishinaabe and francophone communities. MFR's collaborative, client-centred model and close partnerships with coalitions such as the Mnidoo Mnising Coalition Against Domestic Violence make it a uniquely integrated lifeline for vulnerable residents in an area with limited access to urban social services.

Financial overview

Revenue (2025)
$4,991,594
Expenses (2025)
$2,979,758
Total assets
$5,017,625
Liabilities
$3,825,339
Year Revenue Expenses Program Admin Fundraising
2025 $4,991,594 $2,979,758 $2,734,140 $244,091 $1,527
2024 $3,613,260 $3,512,133 $3,303,915 $207,798 $420
2023 $3,020,457 $2,980,389 $2,767,783 $182,606 $0
2022 $3,301,193 $3,194,357 $2,996,910 $197,426 $21
2021 $3,202,349 $3,110,318 $2,684,088 $425,650 $580
2020 $2,589,419 $2,570,323 $2,410,823 $158,214 $1,926

Financial data sourced from the Canada Revenue Agency.

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Leadership team

CH

Colleen Hill

Executive Director

ID

Irene Dembek

Children's Services Program Director

VG

Vanessa Glasby

Food Security Program Coordinator

SN

Suzanne Norris

Board President

LB

Leanne Bentley

Vice-President, Board of Directors

YB

Yana Bauer

Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors

VO

Valerie O'Leary

Past President, Board of Directors

JP

Jillian Peltier

Board Member

MA

Margit Alberti

Board Member

LF

Leslie Fields

Board Member

MM

Meredith Morris

Board Member

MB

Maya Baumann

Board Member

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