Centre Communautaire Juridique de Montreal
Publicly funded institution · Montréal, Quebec · BN 868885997RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($71,647,477) as filed with the CRA.
Centre Communautaire Juridique de Montreal is a charitable organization based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $73.1M in revenue and $71.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $121.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 294 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Offre des services juridiques à une population à faible moyen financier de façon gratuite ou suite à une légère contribution; selon leur niveau de revenus et d'actifs personnels. Offre une ligne 24h-24 à travers la province permettant d'avoir accès à un avocat lorsqu'un citoyen est en état d'arrestation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $73.1M | $71.6M | $68M | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $56.1M | $55M | $51.4M | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $52.7M | $50.8M | $47.6M | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $47.7M | $46.3M | $43.2M | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $58.2M | $56.1M | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $121 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions294
- Total compensation, all staff$35.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Magalie Fournier (présidente); Simone Bonenfant (membre); Benjamin Prud'homme (vice-président); Jacques Labelle (membre); Christiane Ouellette (membre); Dinah Morency (membre); Philippe Lesiège (membre); Régine Debrosse (membre); Claudel Trudeau-Nepton (membre).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre Communautaire Juridique de Montreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868885997RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.