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PLEDJ: Promoting Leadership for Empowerment Development and Justice

Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·4920 BOUL DE MAISONNEUVE O · BUREAU 404 · WESTMOUNT, QC · H3Z 1N1·BN 706746278RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

RESILIENCE AND EMPOWERMENT THE FIRST COMPONENT IS FOCUSED ON RESILIENCE AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT. THIS COMPONENT WILL ASSIST PARTICIPATS WHO MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA AND LOSS TO REBUILD THEIR SELF CONFIDENCE AND REGAIN CONTROL OVE THEIR OWN LIVES. REFLECTION ON THEIR EXPERIENCES AND RECOGNITION OF THE CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES AND HOW THIS IMPACTS THEM THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES WILL SERVE AS A STARTING POINT FOR THEIR PROCESS OF EMPOWERMENT WHICH IS ESSENTIEL TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OTHERS. STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM EXPERT TRAINING BY DR AMAL ELSANA WITH SUPPORT FROM A PSYCHO-SOCIAL Show more

RESILIENCE AND EMPOWERMENT THE FIRST COMPONENT IS FOCUSED ON RESILIENCE AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT. THIS COMPONENT WILL ASSIST PARTICIPATS WHO MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA AND LOSS TO REBUILD THEIR SELF CONFIDENCE AND REGAIN CONTROL OVE THEIR OWN LIVES. REFLECTION ON THEIR EXPERIENCES AND RECOGNITION OF THE CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES AND HOW THIS IMPACTS THEM THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES WILL SERVE AS A STARTING POINT FOR THEIR PROCESS OF EMPOWERMENT WHICH IS ESSENTIEL TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OTHERS. STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM EXPERT TRAINING BY DR AMAL ELSANA WITH SUPPORT FROM A PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT EXPERTCOMMUNITY PRACTICE AND PROJECT PLANNING THE SECOND COMPONENET OF THE PROGRAM WILL INTRODUCE THE PARTICIPANTS TO THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF COMMUNITY WORK SUCH AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZING STRATEGIES AND LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS COMMUNITY PROJECT PLANNING FROM THE FIRST STAGES OF MAPPING A COMMUNITY`S STRENGHTS AND NEEDS TO IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. THE STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT THE POLITICAL SYSTEN IN QUEBEC AND CANADA THE SERVICE SYSTEM AND THE POLICY ENVIRONMENT STUDENTS WILL ALSO LEARN HOW TO PLAN COMMUNITY PROJECTS BUILD A PROJECT BUDJET FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES AND HOW TO MARKET THEIR PROJECTS TO DONORS

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)

85¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 85¢ 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)

14%

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)

0.6 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)

$377K

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

1%

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)

0%

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, 20212024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2021-12-31$65K81¢5%
2022-12-31$150K96¢4%0.3 yr
2023-12-31$209K90¢10%0.3 yr
2024-12-31$377K85¢14%0.6 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

10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length

  • BRONFMAN, BRIANTRESURERarm's length
  • BIERMAN, CLAUDIADIRECTORarm's length
  • PRINCE-GALLAGHER, MATTHEWDIRECTORarm's length
  • ROSENBERG, SORYLDIRECTORarm's length
  • SAMEK, MARISASECRETARYarm's length
  • HECTH, STEPHENPRESIENTarm's length
  • SAEED, MANAHIL ALIDIRECTORarm's length
  • BECK, PAULDIRECTORarm's length
  • ANTONIUS, RACHADDIRECTORarm's length
  • OMAR, HANYADIRECTORarm'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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