New Starts for Women Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Red Lake, Ontario · BN 107771859RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,578,699) as filed with the CRA.
New Starts for Women Inc. is a charitable organization based in Red Lake, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,858.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
To provide core services to abused women and children by providing access to emergency shelter emergency transportation peer counselling and support advocacy safety planning and access to resources. We provide community education and awareness on the prevalence of violence against women in our community supporting women to find safe housing and to provide support to maintain their housing. Transitional housing support two year program in a ten unit building.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $75 | — | $331K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $147 | — | $287K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | — | $247K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | — | $231K |
| 2020 | $1M | $995K | — | — | — | $161K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,858 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,99917 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$797K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chamberlin Chamberlin (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from New Starts for Women Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107771859RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.