Canada Sports Friendship Exchange Programs/Les programmes d'échange d'amitié du sport du Canada
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 124768789RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($521,235) as filed with the CRA.
Canada Sports Friendship Exchange Programs/Les programmes d'échange d'amitié du sport du Canada is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 $527K in revenue and $521K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $310.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
Reciporcal cultural exchanges for boys and girls between the ages of 12 to 17 under approved adult supervision. All youth exchanges are interprovincial include 6 to 7 days stay in each other homes or alternato accommodations. All sport exchanges are non competitive. Also we had virtual exchanges between groups that could not travel.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $527K | $521K | $366K | $2,160 | — | $12K |
| 2023 | $528K | $532K | $400K | — | $0 | $37K |
| 2022 | $220K | $221K | $0 | — | $0 | $66K |
| 2021 | $26K | $170K | $0 | — | $0 | — |
| 2020 | $453K | $157K | — | — | — | $167K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $310 from 2 charities:
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$110K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Burns (president); Ruxandra Alievici (vice president); Marc Boisvert (vice president); Gerald Moore (treasurer); Schwartz Naomi (board secretary); Baer Beverly (director); Simon Laplante (director); Rosemary Kalu (director); Wilfredo Pacheco (director); Mike Quinn (director); Sherry-Lee Williams (director); Monica Goia (director); Germaine Medalsi (director); Rosetta Melchiorre (director); Cristian Paun (director); Richard Zerbe (director); Eileen Herscovici (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canada Sports Friendship Exchange Programs/Les programmes d'échange d'amitié du sport du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124768789RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.