Lawyers without borders Quebec
Publicly funded institution · Québec, Quebec · BN 888043809RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,359,150) as filed with the CRA.
Lawyers without borders Quebec is a charitable organization based in Québec, Quebec, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $18.3M in revenue and $18.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,781.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 53 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.3M | $18.4M | $16.3M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $17.2M | $17.1M | $15.1M | $72K | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $14.7M | $14.7M | $12.8M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $14M | $13.7M | $11.4M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $16.3M | $15.9M | $14.5M | — | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,781 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions53
- Total compensation, all staff$10.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre-Marc Bellavance (administrateur); Pierre Brun (administrateur); Miriam Cohen (administrateur); Luc Coté (administrateur); Délia Cristéa (présidente); Juliana Fox (administrateur); Fannie Lafontaine (administrateur); Lisa Oldring (administratrice); Alexandra Schwarz (administratrice); Lise Tremblay (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lawyers without borders Quebec’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888043809RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.