The Help and Legal Centre of Northumberland
Publicly funded institution · Cobourg, Ontario · BN 888943198RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
The Help and Legal Centre of Northumberland is a charitable organization based in Cobourg, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 77% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $177K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Money management counselling income security housing security income tax returns financial assistance rescources and support advice and representation in poverty law community development public legal education law reform advice on the tenant issues representation on issues dealing with ontario works odsp cpp wsib ei employee standards and human rights. Outreach seniors program (assist low-income seniors gain access to community rescources) drop-off centre for translations english as a second language (esl classes and one-on-one tutoring for adults) pro-bono wills program an…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | — | — | — | $278K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | — | $349K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | — | $274K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | — | $187K |
| 2020 | $1M | $1M | — | — | — | $150K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $177K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beth Bellaire (director); John Bell (secretary/treasurer); Ashley Bouman (director); Laurie Carr (director); Margaret Kerr (director); Charity Meiklejohn (director); Charlotte Monardo (chair); Mary Catharine O'Neill (director); Carolin Sweig (director); Jennifer Weeks (director); Karin Wells (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Help and Legal Centre of Northumberland’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888943198RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.