COMMUNITY LEGAL INFORMATION ASSOCIATION OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND INC.
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·111 - 40 ENMAN CRES · CHARLOTTETOWN, PE · C1E 1E6·BN 118870757RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Ongoing programs: Review the ongoing and new programs listed below to ensure they are still valid. CLI’s ongoing programs include: 1. CLI’s core programming is offering plain language legal information through our inquiry line our website and in person at our office. We also provide a low-cost lawyer referral service for the general public to speak with a lawyer for legal advice. 2. Addressing Workplace Harassment on PEI is a 5-year project funded by Justice Canada. It ended March 31 2024. This is the fifth year of the project with a goal to provide tailored legal information and free lega… Show more
Ongoing programs: Review the ongoing and new programs listed below to ensure they are still valid. CLI’s ongoing programs include: 1. CLI’s core programming is offering plain language legal information through our inquiry line our website and in person at our office. We also provide a low-cost lawyer referral service for the general public to speak with a lawyer for legal advice. 2. Addressing Workplace Harassment on PEI is a 5-year project funded by Justice Canada. It ended March 31 2024. This is the fifth year of the project with a goal to provide tailored legal information and free legal advice from trauma informed lawyers to Islanders who need this support. 3. Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence is a two-year project funded by the Government of Prince Edward Island’s Department of Justice and Public Safety. This project is part of our RISE Program. The goal of this project is to provide tailored legal information and free legal advice from trauma informed lawyers to victims of sexual violence. This project contract ended March 31 2024. This project has been extended with a new agreement for RISE General Funding. 4. Renting PEI- This program offers free legal information and low-cost lawyer referrals to tenants and landlords. This was the fifth year for the project and its funding has been renewed for another year from the PEI Department of Housing Land and Communities. 5. Supporting Victims of Intimate Partner Violence. This project was launched in 2021-2022 and is a four-year project funded by Justice Canada. The goal of the project is to provide tailored legal information and free legal advice from trauma informed lawyers to victims of intimate partner violence on PEI. 6. Legalized Supports for Racialized People. Is a four-year project funded by Justice Canada that began in the 2022-2023 fiscal year. We have branded this project Justice Avenues. It focuses on criminal family and immigration law. The goal of this project is to provide tailored legal information and free legal advice to racialized people on PEI. 7. Cyberbullying Trauma-Informed Intervention Project. This project is a five-year project funded by Public Safety Canada in the 2022-2023 fiscal year. The goal is to reduce incidents of cyberbullying and cyber violence impacting youth on Prince Edward Island. This program delivers education training and customized trauma-informed direct interventions to address this problem leading to a reduction of harmful incidents.
New programs
1. Rise General Funding is a five-year project funded by the PEI Department of Justice and Public Safety. The goal of the project is to provide tailored legal information and free legal advice from trauma informed lawyers to victims of gender-based violence on PEI. 2. Management Training is a one-year project funded by Skills PEI with the potential to extend. The goal of the project is to support senior staff members to develop their management skills and provide training that aligns with the organization's needs.
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)80¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 80¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)20%
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)0.5 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)$1.5M
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)97%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $220K | 70¢ | 30% | 0.9 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $554K | 79¢ | 2% | 0.7 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $834K | 75¢ | 25% | 1.4 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $1.0M | 76¢ | 21% | 1 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $1.3M | 80¢ | 20% | 0.5 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $1.5M | 80¢ | 20% | 0.5 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
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- BRYANTON, OLIVESECRETARYarm's length
- CORKUM, BLAIRDIRECTORarm's length
- GARLAND, VICTORIAPRESIDENTarm's length
- MCLELLAN, LINDSAYDIRECTORarm's length
- PELISSIER-LUSH, JULIEDIRECTORarm's length
- WHEELER, TARATREASURERarm's length
- Curley, KassiaDIRECTORarm's length
- Francis, MichelleDIRECTORarm's length
- lurrita, MILVADIRECTORarm's length
- FULLERTON-LEWIS, BEVERLEYDIRECTORarm'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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