National Self Represented Litigants Project
Charitable organizationResearch·401 SUNSET AVE · WINDSOR, ON · N9B 3P4·BN 744568932RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Research assist and advocate with respect to self represented litigants in Canada Collaboration to enhance the responsiveness of the Canadian justice system to self-represented litigants (SRLs) and their direct participation in the change process and continuing dialogue among all stakeholders who include SRLs lawyers judges and court services staff. The development of practical focused and accessible resources to assist self-represented litigants and to enhance understanding and co-operation among SRLs lawyers judges and court services staff and to information and resource-sharing am… Show more
Research assist and advocate with respect to self represented litigants in Canada Collaboration to enhance the responsiveness of the Canadian justice system to self-represented litigants (SRLs) and their direct participation in the change process and continuing dialogue among all stakeholders who include SRLs lawyers judges and court services staff. The development of practical focused and accessible resources to assist self-represented litigants and to enhance understanding and co-operation among SRLs lawyers judges and court services staff and to information and resource-sharing among all interested and affected parties. Research on emerging areas of special interest to those affected by the SRL phenomenon including jurisprudence court and legal information services and changes in legal practice to meet SRL needs (unbundling coaching). The NSRLP also publishes ongoing data on the demographics and narratives of self-represented litigants who complete our Intake Form.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)100¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 100¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)—
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.9 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$419K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)12%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2022–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $324K | 100¢ | — | 0.5 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $419K | 100¢ | — | 0.9 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length
- HOLDEN, MEGDIRECTORarm's length
- MACKINNON, EMILYDIRECTORarm's length
- MACFARLANE, JULIEDIRECTORarm's length
- MANWARING, JOHNDIRECTOR & TREASURREarm's length
- SEMPLE, NOELDIRECTOR BOARD CHAIR SECRETAarm's length
- LEITCH, JENNIFEREXECUTIVE DIRECTORarm's length
- Walji, FariyaDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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