Centre d'entraide et de ralliement familial Le C.E.R.F.
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 895808558RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($246,402) as filed with the CRA.
Centre d'entraide et de ralliement familial Le C.E.R.F. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $252K in revenue and $246K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,146.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $162K in 2020 to $252K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
L'organisme a pour mission d'aider et de développer des liens durables entre les membres composés majoritairement de personnes défavorisées au sein d'une communauté très multiculturelle.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $252K | $246K | $229K | — | — | $29K |
| 2023 | $211K | $203K | $185K | — | — | $23K |
| 2022 | $188K | $199K | $184K | — | — | $15K |
| 2021 | $220K | $236K | $228K | — | — | $26K |
| 2020 | $162K | $153K | $150K | — | — | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,146 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$69K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marina Salazar (présidente); Georgeline Pierre (vice-présidente); Dominga Reyes (trésorière); Amel Maza (secrétaire); Ana Almanzar (adm. d'office).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre d'entraide et de ralliement familial Le C.E.R.F.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895808558RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.