Association bénévole amitié inc. / Friendship Volunteer Association inc.
Publicly funded institution · Montréal, Quebec · BN 118792159RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,139,363) as filed with the CRA.
Association bénévole amitié inc. / Friendship Volunteer Association inc. is a public foundation based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 70% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $120K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
L'organisme fournit un soutien tant physique que moral aux personnes qui ont des problèmes de santé mentale ou qui sont socialement isolées
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $435K |
| 2023 | $992K | $938K | $858K | — | — | $403K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $921K | — | — | $349K |
| 2021 | $1M | $942K | $827K | — | — | $297K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $382K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $120K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$829K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lise Ouellet (présidente); Dorotha Auger (directrice générale); Jane-Bella Snyder (secrétaire trésorière); Micheline Gendreau (administratrice); Jean-Hervé Olivier (vice-président); Philippe Perras (administrateur); Gerald Lamoureux (administrateur); Marie-Claude Beaulieu (administratrice); Gérard Lamour (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Association bénévole amitié inc. / Friendship Volunteer Association inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118792159RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.