PLEDJ: Promoting Leadership for Empowerment Development and Justice
Charitable organization · Westmount, Quebec · BN 706746278RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($276,413) as filed with the CRA.
PLEDJ: Promoting Leadership for Empowerment Development and Justice is a charitable organization based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $377K in revenue and $276K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $172K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $65K in 2021 to $377K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Resilience and empowerment the first component is focused on resilience and self-empowerment. This component will assist participats who may have experienced trauma and loss to rebuild their self confidence and regain control ove their own lives. Reflection on their experiences and recognition of the changes in their lives and how this impacts them their families and their communities will serve as a starting point for their process of empowerment which is essentiel to be able to support others. Students will benefit from expert training by dr amal elsana with support from a psycho-social …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $377K | $276K | $235K | $14K | — | $156K |
| 2023 | $209K | $202K | $182K | — | — | $48K |
| 2022 | $150K | $164K | $158K | — | — | $41K |
| 2021 | $65K | $11K | $8,666 | — | — | $55K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $172K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$177K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Bronfman (tresurer); Claudia Bierman (director); Matthew Prince-Gallagher (director); Soryl Rosenberg (director); Marisa Samek (secretary); Stephen Hecth (presient); Manahil Ali Saeed (director); Paul Beck (director); Rachad Antonius (director); Hanya Omar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from PLEDJ: Promoting Leadership for Empowerment Development and Justice’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 706746278RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.