Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 860372853RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,980,870) as filed with the CRA.
Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $7M in revenue and $7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $540K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.8M in 2020 to $7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Educate African journalists about human rights; Educate African public about human rights via media; Award journalists for excellent human rights reporting; Educate Canadian students about human rights; Educate Canadian Aboriginal journalists about human rights; Educate Canadian public about human rights through media; Educate Jordanian journalists about human rights; Educate Syrian and Afghan journalists about human rights.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $7M | $6.5M | $213K | — | $912K |
| 2023 | $7.9M | $7.7M | $7.2M | $238K | $0 | $919K |
| 2022 | $7.7M | $7.6M | $7.1M | $246K | — | $822K |
| 2021 | $6.5M | $6.2M | $5.9M | $163K | — | $661K |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.6M | $47K | $0 | $377K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $540K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$103K
- Canadahelps Canadon$103K
- Tiny Foundation$100K
- RBC Foundation$86K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$55K
- The Winged Achene Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Nancy's Very Own Foundation$8,000
- The Delaney Family Foundation$8,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,000
- WCPD Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$104
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Benjamin Peterson (chair emeritus).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860372853RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.