Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 811281468RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($297,898) as filed with the CRA.
Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 $304K in revenue and $298K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government, 40% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Pro-bono legal clinics legal education resources and information coordinated by volunteer lawyers and law students and supported by a small team of approximately 5 employees 4 contractors up to 5 volunteers and several co-op law students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $304K | $298K | $272K | — | — | $31K |
| 2023 | $457K | $455K | $354K | — | — | $26K |
| 2022 | $569K | $561K | $459K | — | — | $23K |
| 2021 | $638K | $638K | $489K | — | — | $15K |
| 2020 | $381K | $366K | $308K | — | — | $15K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $100K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$55K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marietta Kozak (director); Carol Palladino (director); Jessica Mann Gutteridge (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 811281468RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.