The Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 754802288RR0001 · Upholding Human Rights
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,614,594) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under upholding human rights. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $525K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
The objectives of the canadian civil liberties association are to improve the moral or ethical development of the community by promoting respect for fundamental human rights and civil liberties in accordance with the laws of canada and internationally to uphold human rights and civil liberties and to assist in the administration and enforcement of related laws in canada and internationally by defending extending and fostering the recognition of these rights and liberties
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $230K | — | $798K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.5M | $982K | $209K | — | $895K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.4M | $852K | $207K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $818K | $225K | — | $793K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $762K | $480K | $112K | — | $844K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $525K from 24 charities:
- The Sonor Foundation$200K
- The Balsillie Family Foundation$100K
- The Freedman-Feinstein Family Foundation$80K
- LRDR Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Aqueduct Foundation$20K
- McCarthy Tetrault Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,750
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$4,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,631
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$2,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,466
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$1,326
- Makeway Foundation$1,000
- R&M Lang Foundation$1,000
- Andrew and Leslie Hoffman Family Foundation$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$155
- Abundance Canada$150
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$136
- Flavelle Family Foundation$77
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$52
- Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario$5
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$997K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Lokan (director); Anil Kapoor (director); Nader Hasan (vice-chair); Joe Freedman (director); John McCamus (director); Jonathan Lisus (director); Julianna Greenspan (director); Patricia Jackson (director); Ron Ness (director); Simron Singh (chair); Steven Sofer (director); Nancy Cooper (director); Kevin Stanton (chair audit committee); Benjamin Prud'homme (director); Iris Fischer (director); Lipi Mishra (director); Mohamad Fakih (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 754802288RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.