Martial Arts for Justice
Public foundation · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 795283092RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($35,703) as filed with the CRA.
Martial Arts for Justice is a public foundation based in Nelson, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $34K in revenue and $36K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The enhanced resilience program? Works with genocide survivors victims of rape domestic violence bullying sexual abuse and various other atrocities. Through martial arts training we assist trauma survivors in breaking the helpless and powerless state that their traumatic experiences have induced. Victims of trauma learn how to tap into their own resilience integrate their trauma experiences in a safe and supported environment and assume living their lives with a greater sense of empowerment and personal alignment. Program is run in rwanda africa.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34K | $36K | $30K | — | — | $4,808 |
| 2023 | $45K | $40K | $29K | — | — | $6,200 |
| 2022 | $38K | $32K | $22K | — | — | -$681 |
| 2021 | $41K | $61K | $50K | — | — | $1,732 |
| 2020 | $27K | $29K | $20K | — | — | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Abby Napora (chair person); Dean Siminoff (president); Grace Wilson (director/secretary); Patricia Jeannotte (director-treasurer); Philip Bshouty (director); Stacy Devries (director); Tony Kook.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Martial Arts for Justice’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 795283092RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.