Near North District School Board Charity Works
Publicly funded institution · North Bay, Ontario · BN 897864310RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($181,542) as filed with the CRA.
Near North District School Board Charity Works is a charitable organization based in North Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $187K in revenue and $182K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $88K in 2020 to $187K in 2024.
In its own words
Advancement of education by providing scholarships bursaries and award prizes for recognition of educational achievement as well as providing bursaries and awards for high achieving students wishing to pursue post secondary studies. Provide assistance to schools of needed supplies breakfast programs and other programs to benefit children and create an environment in peparation of life-long learning.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $187K | $182K | $168K | — | — | $922K |
| 2023 | $110K | $93K | $90K | — | — | $917K |
| 2022 | $96K | $91K | $80K | — | — | $900K |
| 2021 | $86K | $93K | $85K | — | — | $9M |
| 2020 | $88K | $97K | $92K | — | — | $902K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $78K from 11 charities:
- Weston Family Foundation$40K
- The Shania Twain Foundation$9,606
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,070
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$8,000
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$5,400
- Parry Sound Rotary Trust$2,000
- Muskoka Community Foundation$1,940
- Canadian Federation of University Women of North Bay Scholarship and Bursary Fund Organization Trust$1,000
- The Temiskaming Foundation$500
- Link Charity Canada Inc$250
- Canadahelps Canadon$134
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Near North District School Board Charity Works’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897864310RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.