CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES - INSTITUT CANADIEN D'ETUDES JURIDIQUES SUPERIEURES
Public foundationFoundations advancing education·1601 BAYVIEW AVE · PO BOX 43538 · TORONTO, ON · M4G 4G8·BN 100766427RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-09-30
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES PROVIDES LAWYERS AND JUDGES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND LECTURES AND ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THEIR DAILY WORK. THE INSTITUTE OPERATES A SERIES OF LECTURE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE UK EVERY TWO YEARS AND A SIMILAR SET OF LECTURESIN STRASBOURG FRANCE. IN ADDITION TO THE LECTURE SERIES THE INSTITUTE PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE NAMES OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PAUL MARTIN SENIOR AND PAUL-ANDRE CREPEAU. STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE MASTER OF LAWS PROGRAM OR TO STUD… Show more
THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES PROVIDES LAWYERS AND JUDGES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND LECTURES AND ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THEIR DAILY WORK. THE INSTITUTE OPERATES A SERIES OF LECTURE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE UK EVERY TWO YEARS AND A SIMILAR SET OF LECTURESIN STRASBOURG FRANCE. IN ADDITION TO THE LECTURE SERIES THE INSTITUTE PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE NAMES OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PAUL MARTIN SENIOR AND PAUL-ANDRE CREPEAU. STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE MASTER OF LAWS PROGRAM OR TO STUDY LAW AT EITHER THE MASTERS OF DOCTORAL LEVEL AT A FRENCH LANGUAGE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)—
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)18%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)9.6 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$1.3M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)20%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-30 | $947K | 83¢ | 17% | 7.7 yr |
| 2020-09-30 | $3K | — | — | — |
| 2021-09-30 | $665K | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-30 | $-56K | 62¢ | 38% | 38.8 yr |
| 2023-09-30 | $1.1M | 85¢ | 15% | 7.4 yr |
| 2024-09-30 | $1.3M | 82¢ | 18% | 9.6 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
22 directors reported · 22 of 22at arm's length
- ARMSTRONG, ROBERT PDIRECTOR/HONOURARY PRESIDENTarm's length
- BIENVENU, PIERREDIRECTORarm's length
- EFFENDI, NADIADIRECTORarm's length
- FOURNIER, JACQUES RDIRECTORarm's length
- GOVER, BRIANDIRECTORarm's length
- GREEN, BRADLEY VDIRECTORarm's length
- HUNTER, CLAIRE EDIRECTORarm's length
- JACKSON, PATRICIA DSDIRECTORarm's length
- KASIRER, NICHOLASDIRECTORarm's length
- LEURER, ROBERT WDIRECTORarm's length
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- MAISONNEUVE, LISE TDIRECTORarm's length
- MOORE, BENOITDIRECTORarm's length
- NISHISATO, IRADIRECTORarm's length
- PRATTE, GUY JDIRECTORarm's length
- RYAN, WILLIAM LDIRECTORarm's length
- SHARPE, ROBERT JDIRECTORarm's length
- HOFLEY, RANDALL JVICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURERarm's length
- NISHISATO, IRAVICE PRESIDENTarm's length
- PRATTE, GUY JCHAIR AND PRESIDENTarm's length
- SHARPE, ROBERT JHONOURARY PRESIDENTarm's length
- THOMAS, ANNE CPRESIDENT AND SECRETARYarm's length
- TREMBLAY, RENEE MARIAVICE PRESIDENTarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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