Yukon Public Legal Education Association
Publicly funded institution · Whitehorse, Yukon · BN 119307957RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($295,447) as filed with the CRA.
Yukon Public Legal Education Association is a charitable organization based in Whitehorse, Yukon, 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 $295K in revenue and $295K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government, 13% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $175K in 2020 to $295K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
YPLEA currently operates the popular Law Line service through which a staff lawyer provides legal information by answering questions about legislation and legal processes assists with forms and general navigation and makes referrals to other resources in the community. YPLEA also creates and maintains well-used resources with respect to family law wills and estates and adult protection among other things.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $295K | $295K | $234K | — | — | $85K |
| 2023 | $277K | $257K | $187K | — | — | $85K |
| 2022 | $164K | $136K | $94K | — | — | $64K |
| 2021 | $198K | $202K | $190K | — | — | $36K |
| 2020 | $175K | $168K | $153K | — | — | $40K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 2 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,113
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$194K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lynn Daffe (director); Adil Syed (vice-chair); Mara Pollock (chair); Cynthia Malouin (director); Emily MacLeod (secretary); Ardy Smith-Miller (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yukon Public Legal Education Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119307957RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.