The Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 130592405RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($894,427) as filed with the CRA.
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $752K in revenue and $894K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,140.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provide legal advice and advocacy services to groups or individuals whose interests would not otherwise be represented in administrative proceedings involving the public interest and related research
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $752K | $894K | $802K | $15K | — | -$113K |
| 2023 | $980K | $1M | $929K | $17K | — | $27K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $257K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | -$327K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $5,759 | — | — | $3,889 | -$489K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,140 from 3 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$285K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harry Gow (chair); Leigha Worth (treasurer); Jonathan Schachter (vice chair); Ken Rubin (director); Fred Mills (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130592405RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.