British Columbia Law Institute
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 889858635RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,050,247) as filed with the CRA.
British Columbia Law Institute is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $82K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
The bcli carries out a variety of projects that aim to clarify simplify and modernize the law. It also provides education and research on legal issues having a particular significance for older adults. During the period the following projects continued: engaging people living with dementia in decision making parentage under part 3 of the family law act review artificial intelligence & civil liability renovate the public hearing project: pre-development public engagement & legal reforms to support housing supply supporting vulnerable victims and witnesses and reconciling crown legal fra…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $945K | — | — | $269K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1M | $948K | — | — | $214K |
| 2022 | $822K | $917K | $829K | — | — | $108K |
| 2021 | $812K | $754K | $654K | — | — | $248K |
| 2020 | $787K | $809K | $689K | — | — | $191K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $82K from 4 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$787K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marian Brown (director); Emily Clough (vice chair); Filip De Sagher (director); James Deitch (secretary); Brian Dybwad (director); Stacey Edzerza Fox (director); Ryan Gauthier (director); Mark Gillen (treasurer); Toby Goldbach (director); Miriam Kresivo (director); Julia Lawn (director); Tejas Madhur (chair); Mona Muker (director); Timothy Outerbridge (director); Edward Wilson (director); 12.audrey Jun (director); 13.aubin Calvert (director); 14.alexandra Flynn (director); Lisa Fong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from British Columbia Law Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889858635RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.