The Canadian Bar Law for the Future Fund
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119218642RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($347,206) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Bar Law for the Future Fund is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $645K in revenue and $347K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $257K in 2024, the largest being $30K to Centre québécois du droit de l'environnement (C.Q.D.E.). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $384K in 2020 to $645K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Providing grants for legal research studies including legal education legislation reform and administration of justice.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $645K | $347K | — | — | $257K | $5.6M |
| 2023 | $386K | $264K | $178K | — | — | $5.3M |
| 2022 | $717K | $288K | $240K | — | — | $4.9M |
| 2021 | $627K | $304K | $246K | — | $10K | $5.7M |
| 2020 | $384K | $265K | $165K | — | — | $5.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $257K to 11 qualified donees:
- Centre québécois du droit de l'environnement (C.Q.D.E.)$30K
- Coverdale Courtwork Society$30K
- Canadian Council of Muslim Women$27K
- The University of New Brunswick$25K
- University of Ottawa$25K
- Women's Legal Education and Action Fund Inc./fonds d'Action et d'Education Juridiques pour les Femmes Inc.$25K
- Queen's University at Kingston$21K
- Council of Canadians With Disabilities/le Conseil des Canadiens Avec Deficiences$21K
- Université de Montréal$20K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$18K
- University of Windsor$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$50K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melanie Mortensen (director); Kate Pedlow (director and chair); Signa Shanks (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Bar Law for the Future Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119218642RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.