Canadian Foundation for Children Youth and the Law Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118831445RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,271,278) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Foundation for Children Youth and the Law Inc. is a public foundation based in Toronto, 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 $3.3M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $155K.
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 39% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Public legal educaiton including website resource centre speaking engagements publications and legal education for youth parents and professionals. Provides legal services and advocacy for low income young people and parents who do not otherwise have access to legal assistance and services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $2.8M | — | — | $924K |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $2.9M | — | — | $954K |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.3M | $1.9M | — | — | $964K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $999K | — | — | $498K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $330K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $155K from 10 charities:
- La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso$50K
- The Bulmash-Siegel Private Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,345
- Toronto Foundation$1,000
- The Sixty Three Foundation$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,99911 positions
- $40,000–79,99911 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anne Irwin (president & chair); Angela Reid (treasurer); Tamara Nachmani (secretary); Tim Welsh (director content produc); Joe Louch (director); Roma Shah (director); Falguni Patel (director); Emma Katz (director); Barbara Fallon (director); Lance McCready (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Foundation for Children Youth and the Law Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118831445RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.