HIV Legal Network Réseau juridique VIH
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 141110155RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,995,800) as filed with the CRA.
HIV Legal Network Réseau juridique VIH is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 33% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $237K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1) Research and public education on HIV-related legal and human rights issues such as: HIV testing and confidentiality criminalization of HIV non-disclosure human rights of people who use drugs and prisoners gender inequalities and women's vulnerability to HIV and AIDS rights of LGBT people rights of sex workers legal aspects of HIV treatment care and support; 2) Publication of research reports info-sheets legal briefs and Q&A documents; 3) Answering public requests for information on HIV-related legal issues; 4) Participation in court proceedings to advance human rights of people …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $1.7M | $30K | — | $894K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $30K | $700 | $874K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $70K | — | $839K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $55K | — | $138K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $95K | $500 | $129K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $237K from 9 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$118K
- The Victoria Foundation$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canada Gives$2,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$560
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$183
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$25
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$0
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$876K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shakir Rahim (director); Rai Reece (chair); Emily van der Meulen (director); Yin-Yuan Chen (vice-chair); Barhet Woldemarian (director); Meenakshi Mannoe (secretary); Tiffany O'Donnell (director); Jeansil Bruyere (treasurer); Thomas Vernon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from HIV Legal Network Réseau juridique VIH’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141110155RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.