Christian Legal Fellowship
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 118856707RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($768,157) as filed with the CRA.
Christian Legal Fellowship is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $940K in revenue and $768K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $339K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $600 in 2024, the largest being $600 to Canadian Institute for Human Rights and Religious Freedom. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $527K in 2020 to $940K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Annual national conference christian legal journal publications local fellowship group meetings for bible study prayer and discussion. Chaplaincy program christian legal institute law student ministries law student conference. Defending human rights and organizing symposium on regilion and human rights.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $940K | $768K | $593K | $25K | $600 | $506K |
| 2023 | $619K | $588K | $419K | $11K | $1,121 | $334K |
| 2022 | $522K | $597K | $448K | $6,538 | $2,087 | $302K |
| 2021 | $595K | $531K | $407K | $5,000 | — | $377K |
| 2020 | $527K | $483K | $327K | $5,480 | — | $313K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $600 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $339K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$144K
- Canadahelps Canadon$144K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$10K
- Hultink Family Foundation$10K
- The Canadian Reformed Church of Burlington South$6,000
- Christian Stewardship Services$5,000
- Church of the Rock Inc.$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$4,985
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4,501
- Prince Albert Baptist Church$1,650
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,337
- VLG Charitable Foundation$1,216
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$877
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$446K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melanie Bueckert (secretary); Marie-Louise Fast Stolz (vice president); Jonathan Kulathungam (president); Sarah Macritchie Russell (director); Winston Sayson (director); Renee Short (director); Shawn Smith (treasurer); Andrea Dickinson (director); Alexandra Hebert (director); Daniel Neven (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Christian Legal Fellowship’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118856707RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.