The Law Society Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119241719RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($906,041) as filed with the CRA.
The Law Society Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $620K in revenue and $906K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $337K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 31 qualified donees totalling $81K in 2024, the largest being $11K to The United Church Downtown Mission of Windsor Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The law society foundation raises funds to support its charitable activities related to: - preparing and serving meals to persons in need or providing funding to hunger relief organizations with programs operating in toronto barrie chatham/kent hamilton london ottawa timmins waterloo and windsor - providing financial assistance to law students in ontario through direct bursaries or the granting of funds to ontario law schools for the purpose of providing financial assistance to students at law - providing grants in support of projects which promote legal education in ontario and -…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $620K | $906K | $758K | $51K | $81K | $6M |
| 2023 | $712K | $732K | $636K | $43K | $27K | $6M |
| 2022 | $976K | $663K | $543K | $44K | $52K | $5.9M |
| 2021 | $808K | $542K | $476K | $25K | $22K | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $906K | $575K | $510K | $11K | $35K | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $81K to 31 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The United Church Downtown Mission of Windsor Inc.$11K
- Food Banks Mississauga$6,388
- Fare Share Food Bank (oakville) Inc$6,388
- Burlington Food Bank$6,388
- Brampton 9235 Outreach Corp$6,388
- London and Area Food Bank Inc$6,000
- Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction & Mental Health Services$5,800
- Mission Services of Hamilton Inc.$3,600
- Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness in London$3,500
- London Food Coalition Inc.$3,000
- New Beginning Ministries Apostolic Faith Church$3,000
- Boy's & Girl's Club of London$2,500
- Ark Aid Street Mission Inc.$2,500
- Youth Opportunities Unlimited$2,000
- York University$1,855
- London Community Resource Centre$1,400
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$1,400
- South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre$1,000
- Regional Hiv/aids Connection$1,000
- London Community Chaplaincy$1,000
- Glen Cairn Community Resource Centre$1,000
- The Ottawa Mission$1,000
- Investing in Children Inc.$1,000
- The University of Western Ontario$500
- Meals on Wheels London$500
Received $337K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$132K
- Canadahelps Canadon$132K
- M.E.H. Foundation$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- The Rand Alexander Lomas Family Foundation$10K
- The Anne Butler Slaght Foundation$7,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$930
- United Way of Greater Toronto$658
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$265K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenda Albuquerque-Boutilier (secretary-treasurer); Ian Hull (chair & trustee); Jonathan Rosenthal (vice chair & trustee); Doug Wellman (trustee); Megan Shortreed (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Law Society Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119241719RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.