Justice Education Society of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 129475877RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,387,577) as filed with the CRA.
Justice Education Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $5.3M in revenue and $5.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 49 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Education programs (court orientations/court watching/judging and justice system personnel sessions/mock trials/teacher trainings); northern native legal education program; cen locations across bc; court information programming for immigrants; parenting after separation program; finances after separation program; air india families website; small claims court support; pplei for immigrants jsep workshops and teachers training; jsep curriculum development judicial independence; supreme court plei website; international quetzalenango police and prosecutors integrated pilot model diagnostic; art…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $5.4M | $4.6M | — | — | $322K |
| 2023 | $7M | $7.4M | $6.3M | $148 | — | $377K |
| 2022 | $8.9M | $8.5M | $7.5M | — | — | $686K |
| 2021 | $8.1M | $7.9M | $6.8M | — | — | $327K |
| 2020 | $7.3M | $7.1M | $6M | $505 | — | $444K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions49
- Total compensation, all staff$2.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Beresford (treasurer); David Duncan (secretary); Peter Roberts (vice president); Shirin Kiamanesh (director); Robin Sully (director); Darren Schemmer (director); Mark Berlin (director); Gail Dickson (president); Lauren Blake (director); Satinder Sidhu (director); David Gibbons (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Justice Education Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129475877RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.