Canadian Council For Refugees/Conseil canadien pour les refugiés
Charitable organization · Montréal, Quebec · BN 118830470RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,124,730) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Council For Refugees/Conseil canadien pour les refugiés is a charitable organization based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 26% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $347K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1. We organise consulations and meetings with a view to offer members and other non-governmental organisations training networking and information sharing in order to support them in their work. 2. We ensure good communication between members throughout the year through our member mailings (mail and email). 3. We educate the public on the realities of refugees and immigrants through educational materials and interventions in media. 4. We promote refugee rights both nationally and internationally and the settlement of newcomers arriving in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $877K | $97K | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $530K | $800K | $625K | $66K | $17K | $2M |
| 2022 | $353K | $555K | $416K | $45K | $103 | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $796K | $649K | $36K | $3,000 | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $953K | $807K | $694K | $48K | $4,700 | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $347K from 19 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$173K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$65K
- Canadahelps Canadon$41K
- Canadahelps Canadon$41K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$5,189
- The Sisters of St. Joseph for the Diocese of Toronto in Upper Canada$5,000
- Abundance Canada$4,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,985
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,300
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,074
- The United Church of Canada$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,630
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$1,000
- Canadian Friends Service Committee$500
- The Sisters of ST Joseph of Sault Ste Marie$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$342
- United Way of Greater Toronto$200
- United Way of Regina$142
- Les Missionnaires Oblates de Saint-Boniface—
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$699K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aleks Selim Dughman Manzur (past president (ex officio)); Jennifer Jeanes (vice president); Jacques Bertrand (secretary); Diana Gallego (president); Jyoti Singh (director); Alphonse Ndem Ahola (director); Jessica Chandrashekar (director); Abdulla Daoud (director); Deepa Mattoo (director); Mariana Martinez Vieyra (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Council For Refugees/Conseil canadien pour les refugiés’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118830470RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.