Centre Francophone du Grand Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 125434985RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,638,149) as filed with the CRA.
Centre Francophone du Grand Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 $19.1M in revenue and $18.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $388K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 183 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11.4M in 2020 to $19.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Le centre francophone du grand toronto est un organisme communautaire offrant les services suivants à la population francophone de la grande région de toronto ; santé santé mentale nouveaux arrivants service pré-départ enfance et famille aide juridique conseils à l'emploi programme de bénévolat ainsi que services d'aide au logement entreprenariat traites des personnes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.1M | $18.6M | $18.4M | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2023 | $17.1M | $17M | $16.3M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $14M | $13.9M | $13.4M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $12.5M | $12.4M | $12M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $11.4M | $11.4M | $11.1M | — | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $388K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions183
- Total compensation, all staff$13.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Isabelle Girard (secrétaire); Mina Chamsi (administratrice); Julie Brisson (trésorière); Émilie Bruneau (administratrice); Jacques Naud (vice-président); Aliou Sène (président); Patrick Boily (administrateur); Colette Raphael (administratrice); Laurence Dutil-Ricard (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre Francophone du Grand Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 125434985RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.