Hamilton Community Legal Clinic / Clinique Juridique Communautaire de Hamilton
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 124577420RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,119,640) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Community Legal Clinic / Clinique Juridique Communautaire de Hamilton is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, 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 $4.1M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $141K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Operate a legal clinic providing advice and/or representation to low income residents of hamilton ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $4.1M | $3.6M | — | — | $194K |
| 2022 | $4M | $3.9M | $3.3M | — | — | $226K |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $3M | — | — | $138K |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.3M | — | — | $179K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $141K from 2 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$3.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hina Saeed (chair); Simon Lebrun (director); Kris Noakes (director); David Quezada (director); Kingsley Audu (director); Lisa Feinberg (director); Kelly Barker (director); Holly Wootten (director); James Diemert (director); Anjali Upadhya-O'brien (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Community Legal Clinic / Clinique Juridique Communautaire de Hamilton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124577420RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.