Women's Legal Education and Action Fund Foundation/la Fondation du Fonds d'Action et d'Education Juridiques pour les Femmes
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 139417992RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($330,560) as filed with the CRA.
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund Foundation/la Fondation du Fonds d'Action et d'Education Juridiques pour les Femmes is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $858K in revenue and $331K in expenditures.
In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,071.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $230K in 2024, the largest being $230K to Women's Legal Education and Action Fund Inc./fonds d'Action et d'Education Juridiques pour les Femmes Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We support the advancement of education of the public concerning human and civil rights and the significance interpretation and enforcement of the constitution of canada and in particular the canadian charter of rights and freedom. We advance the work of organizations including leaf (women's legal education and action fund inc.) to fund research education and legal expertise concerning the human and civil rights of women and others including those suffering discrimination on the basis of religion race sex disability marital status sexual orientation pregnancy or other status o…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $858K | $331K | — | — | $230K | $7.2M |
| 2023 | -$49K | $311K | $2,728 | — | $180K | $6.7M |
| 2022 | $942K | $336K | $62K | — | $175K | $7M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $355K | $82K | — | $175K | $6.4M |
| 2020 | -$417K | $449K | $242K | — | $195K | $5.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $230K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $7,071 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marilyn Roycroft (chair); Stephanie Chung (treasurer); Mary Sullivan (director); Jennifer Tomaszewski (director); Beth Summers (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Women's Legal Education and Action Fund Foundation/la Fondation du Fonds d'Action et d'Education Juridiques pour les Femmes’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139417992RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.