C.O.F.F.R.E.T. Centre de formation et d'orientation pour favoriser les relations ethniques traditionnelles
Publicly funded institution · Saint-Jérôme, Quebec · BN 138192240RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,532,949) as filed with the CRA.
C.O.F.F.R.E.T. Centre de formation et d'orientation pour favoriser les relations ethniques traditionnelles is a charitable organization based in Saint-Jérôme, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $65K.
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 87% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $778K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Il s'agit d'un organisme qui offre des services d'accueil de support et d'accompagnement aux nouveaux arrivants.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $517K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $648K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | — | $688K |
| 2021 | $809K | $757K | — | — | — | $611K |
| 2020 | $778K | $706K | — | — | — | $558K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $65K from 2 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
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernadette Gélineau (présidente); Hedia Annabi (vice-présidente); Nihad Ibrahim Cheik (administrateur); Linda Dénommé (secrétaire); Stéphane Gauthier (administrateur); Atiogbe Figbe Ghisla Tovor (trésorier); Marie-Claude Lacombe (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from C.O.F.F.R.E.T. Centre de formation et d'orientation pour favoriser les relations ethniques traditionnelles’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138192240RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.