Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 821234259RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,303,792) as filed with the CRA.
Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 11% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $91K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
On april 1 2010 access pro bono society of british columbia (the 'society') was formed to assume the activities formerly carried out by pro bono law of british columbia and the western canada association to access justice. The society's purpose is to promote access to justice in b.c. By providing and fostering quality pro bono legal services for people and non-profit organizations of limited means. The society is a not-for -profit organization and registered charity incorporated under the british columbia societies act. The society is exempt from income taxes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $2.3M | $2M | $197K | — | $23K |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $155K | — | $387K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $42K | — | $770K |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $34K | $200 | $611K |
| 2020 | $1M | $1.1M | $946K | $37K | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $91K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- American College of Trial Lawyers Canadian Foundation$15K
- Vancouver Foundation$13K
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation$5,600
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$420
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$292
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$269
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$77
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$26
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Outerbridge (board member); Sean Akeroyd (treasurer); Trevor Bant (vice president); Kay Scorer (board member); Cyndi Stevens (board member); Serey Sinn (board member); Nadia Farienelli (secretary); Melissa Gillespie (director); Robert Bauman (director); Ryan Laity (director); Kelly Melnyk (director); Andrew Schaffer (director); Barb Ward-Burkitt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821234259RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.