Acfas Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 106728280RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,747,814) as filed with the CRA.
Acfas Inc. is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $3.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Promouvoir développer encourager toutes les activités reliées au domaine scientifique et technologique en organisant des colloques des congrès des remises de prix concours de vulgarisation scientifique et des bulletins d'information etc...
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $1.6M | $290K | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $3.7M | $1.7M | $343K | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $1.8M | $324K | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $1.2M | $126K | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $663K | $260K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shawn McGuirk (administrateur); Catherine Girard (administrateur); Olivier Hernandez (administrateur); Dominique Parisien (administrateur); Sophie Montreuil (secrétaire); Valérie Lapointe Gagnon (administrateur); Jean-Pierre Saucier (trésorier); Carole Boulebsol (administrateur); Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (administrateur); Anne Carabin (administrateur); Martin Maltais (président); Martin Aubé (administrateur); Ioana Radu (administrateur); Michael David Miller (administrateur); Peggy Bachman (administrateur); Gina Thésée (administrateur); Isabelle Morin (administrateur); Ghislain Gagnon.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Acfas Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106728280RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.