Parkdale Community Legal Services Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107814972RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,661,072) as filed with the CRA.
Parkdale Community Legal Services Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $2.5M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
The oraganization provides legal services to low-income individuals community organizing and capacity building activities and works for systematic change on poverty issues
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.7M | $2.3M | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.4M | $1.9M | — | — | $960K |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $2M | — | — | $716K |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.2M | — | — | $512K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 4 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amar Bhatia (member at large); Nicole Biros-Bolton (member at large); Danielle Bisnar (co-chair); Sinthura Chandramohan (member at large); Fay Faraday (academic director); Emina Gamulin (member at large); Parmbir Gill (member at large); Beatrice Henshaw (student representative); Ayan Kailie (member at large); Randy McLin (co-chair); Patricia McMahon (member); Janet Mosher (co-chair); Nadia Rajaram (member at large); Sarah Robicheau (treasurer); Bruce Ryder (member at large); Sheryl Sarfin (member at large); Sheryl Secter (member at large); Priyanka Vittal (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parkdale Community Legal Services Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107814972RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.