Since its inception in 1975, the volunteer organization known as the Northern BC Winter Games Society has had as its purpose "to provide an opportunity for all northern residents to compete in organized sport". 

The Northern BC Winter Games Society receives funding from the Minister Responsible for Sport, through the BC Games Society, to carry out its mandate. The volunteers who make up the Board, oversee the spending of those dollars by way of Host Community operating grants and contributions to assist participant travel. 

The Board of Directors of the Northern BC Winter Games Society is a policy board, developing and implementing polices for the operation of the Society and the Northern BC Winter Games.  

BC Games Society staff provide event management services, resources, and assistance to the volunteers of Northern BC Winter Games Host Communities.   They also are responsible to ensure that the policies of the Northern B.C. Winter Games Society are implemented and that the Games are planned and operated in accordance with these polices.  

The Northern BC Winter Games Society also nominates a person to sit on the BC Games Society Board of Directors as their representative.

Also vital to the operation of the Northern BC Winter Games Society are the Regional Representatives.  Regional Representatives are members of the Society and together are a committee of individuals throughout the north responsible for the identification, registration, and transportation of participants attending the Northern BC Winter Games.