New Directions Speakers School
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 140644683RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($66,159) as filed with the CRA.
New Directions Speakers School is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $45K in revenue and $66K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 6% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
New Directions Speakers' School Program- Providing public speaking leadership and advocacy training to individuals in marginalized situations in an atmosphere of peer support and mutual aid.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $45K | $66K | $66K | — | — | $29K |
| 2023 | $87K | $60K | $60K | — | — | $50K |
| 2022 | $50K | $45K | $36K | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2021 | $33K | $38K | $36K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $46K | $29K | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Serena Essex (co-chair); George Drazenovich (chair); Elizabeth Ponka (secretary); Theodore Bobrowski (director); Genevieve Desmoulin (treasurer); Eugene Lefrancois (director); Ann McGuire (director); Lissa Beaulieu (director); Tracey Mackinnon (director); Martin Rukavina (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from New Directions Speakers School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140644683RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.