Pro Bono Ontario
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 877524512RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,365,906) as filed with the CRA.
Pro Bono Ontario is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 9% from government, 51% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $268K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Pro bono ontario develops programs to support low income ontarians whose legal problems are not covered by government agencies. This includes managing programs that address unmet legal needs; providing strategic consulting services and tailored technical assistance to third parties engaged in the provision of organized pro bono projects; and promoting the private bar's roll in the overall delivery of legal services in ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $1.5M | — | — | $697K |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | — | $861K |
| 2022 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.7M | — | — | $664K |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | — | $733K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.4M | — | — | $635K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $268K from 10 charities:
- Weston Family Foundation$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$57K
- Canadahelps Canadon$57K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$31K
- Teen Legal Helpline (TLH)$13K
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,801
- United Way of Greater Toronto$575
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$126
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nick Henn (director); Sandra Perri (director); Adrian Ishak (director); Anna Marrison (director); Sarah Armstrong (chair); Deborah Templer (vice chair); Julian Perez (director); Mary Paterson (director); Marc Toppings (director); Jane Southren (director); Rebecca Jones (director); Jennifer Perry (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pro Bono Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 877524512RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.