Student Legal Assistance Society (calgary)
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 868183443RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($783,689) as filed with the CRA.
Student Legal Assistance Society (calgary) is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $830K in revenue and $784K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $864.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Student legal assistance society (calgary) provides free legal assistance including court representation to people in calgary and the bow valley areas year-round who are financially unable to hire a lawyer. Law students under the supervision of paid advising lawyers work in the alberta court of justice in the civil criminal family and traffic divisions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $830K | $784K | $608K | $25K | — | $437K |
| 2023 | $730K | $690K | $532K | $29K | — | $391K |
| 2022 | $634K | $611K | $501K | — | — | $351K |
| 2021 | $642K | $638K | $524K | — | — | $329K |
| 2020 | $790K | $692K | $509K | $73K | — | $325K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $864 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$569K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Bassett (chair); Don Hadley (director); Getsey Boyd (director); Deborah Emes (director); Wilson Chan (vice chair); Nickie Nikolaou (director); Jennifer Big Crow (director); Dana Arum (director); Melanie Gaston (director); Laura Onia (director); Gavin Price (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Student Legal Assistance Society (calgary)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868183443RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.