Le Collectif juridique/The Legal Collective
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 830752820RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($474,730) as filed with the CRA.
Le Collectif juridique/The Legal Collective is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $432K in revenue and $475K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations, 17% from government, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $98K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $275K in 2020 to $432K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1. Offering consultations and free legal services to underpriviledged persons by members of the legal profession; 2. Offering legal information to underpriviledged persons by qualified law students under the supervision of the members of the bar; 3. Contributing to the advancement of law students' education by giving them access to legal aid cases under the supervision of qualified members of the bar; 4. Educating the general population bu offering conferences seminars and educational presentations concerning the law; 5. Receiving donations legacies and other like contributions in the fo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $432K | $475K | $404K | — | — | $166K |
| 2023 | $422K | $412K | $350K | — | — | $209K |
| 2022 | $325K | $312K | $265K | — | — | $199K |
| 2021 | $333K | $302K | $257K | — | — | $186K |
| 2020 | $275K | $232K | $197K | — | — | $156K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $98K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$401K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lina Bensaidane (administrateur); Léa Charbonneau (administrateur); Valérie Gascon (administrateur); Scott McNicoll (administrateur); Allen Mendelsohn (trésorier); Léa Pelletier-Marcotte (administrateur); Alexandre Ricci (administrateur); Andrei Roman (administrateur); Yolaine Williams (secrétaire); Marie-Thérèse Brunelle (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le Collectif juridique/The Legal Collective’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830752820RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.