AGIR: Action lesbienne gai bisexuelle trans et queer (LGBTQ) avec les immigrants et réfugiés
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 712742683RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($895,154) as filed with the CRA.
AGIR: Action lesbienne gai bisexuelle trans et queer (LGBTQ) avec les immigrants et réfugiés is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $986K in revenue and $895K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government, 37% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $326K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Soutien et défense des droits des nouveaux migrants issus des communautés lesbienne gaie bisexuelle tran et queer dans une perspective de solidarité. * informations et références vers les ressources disponibles. * groupes de soutien: général lesbiennes et queer personnes trans et nonbinaires jeunesse homosexuelle. *accompagnement individuel: accés aux services processus d'immigration. * formation organisationnelle: inclusion et pratiques anti-opressives sensibilisation aux enjeux touchants les migrants et réfugiés lgbtqia+ à montréal relation entre colonisation et crimi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $986K | $895K | $761K | — | — | $216K |
| 2023 | $521K | $510K | $434K | — | — | $125K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $326K from 10 charities:
- The Sonor Foundation$110K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$92K
- The 519 Church Street Community Centre$40K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$35K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$20K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$13K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,120
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,937
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$182
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$623K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Meryem Benslimane (président); Javier Fuentes-Bernal (administrateur); Jimena Andino Dorato (administrateur); Arij Riahi (vice-président secrétaire); Aadam Khan (trésproer); Prudence Ndiweni (administrateur); Ravinder Kumar (administrateur); Bahareh Azad (administrateur); Juan Osvaldo Arais Perez (principal dirigeant: co-direct).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from AGIR: Action lesbienne gai bisexuelle trans et queer (LGBTQ) avec les immigrants et réfugiés’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 712742683RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.