Architecture sans frontières Québec
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 831067012RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,877,484) as filed with the CRA.
Architecture sans frontières Québec 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $54K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $648K in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Appuyer les communautés autonomes vivant dans des conditions de pauvreté dans l'amélioration de leur habitat. Apporter conseil et assistance aux populations éprouvées par les catastrophes naturelles . Apporter assistance à toute personne en état de souffrance physique ou morale au canada ou à l'étranger.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $2.9M | $2.7M | $157K | — | $363K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $83K | — | $234K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $75K | — | $86K |
| 2021 | $726K | $851K | $734K | $97K | — | $195K |
| 2020 | $648K | $491K | $480K | $1,553 | — | $320K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $54K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christian Samman (président); André Dudemaine (administrateur); Marilène Blain-Sabourin (secrétaire); Guillaume Lévesque (administrateur); Johanne Mallette (administrateur); Georges-Marie Dehaut (trésorière); Élizabeth Liston (administration); Mourad Bendjennet (administrateur); Louis-Paul Lemieux (administrateur); Carolyne Fontaine (vice-présidente); David Smith (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Architecture sans frontières Québec’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831067012RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.