Christian Direction Inc. Direction Chretienne Inc.
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 130326424RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($984,726) as filed with the CRA.
Christian Direction Inc. Direction Chretienne Inc. is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $985K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 14% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 37 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $455K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The vision of Christian Direction is to see God transform urban communities by the concerted actions of committed Christians. Motivated by the love of Jesus Christ and his desire to reconcile the world to himself the mission of Christian Direction is to pursue the transformation of people families and their communities in the city of Montréal. Our activities include: Youth Drop-in Centre Youth and Family Library Community development seminars theological teaching and training immigrant accompaniment food bank for the communities resource centre for Christians including publications.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $985K | $818K | $13K | — | $449K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $930K | $18K | — | $183K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $936K | $15K | — | $204K |
| 2021 | $912K | $738K | $628K | $14K | — | $292K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $961K | $22K | — | $117K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $455K from 37 charities:
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$75K
- Mission Chrétienne Intergénérationnelle Canada$63K
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$35K
- The Daccord Family Foundation$25K
- The Charis Foundation$25K
- Heron Family Foundation$24K
- Eglise Biblique Westview / Westview Bible Church$12K
- Diaconal Ministries Canada$11K
- Classis Eastern Canada of the Christian Reformed Church in North America$10K
- Reimer Express Foundation Inc.$10K
- Peoples Church of the Associated Gospel Churches in the Province of Quebec$7,853
- The Granary Foundation$7,000
- The Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada$6,000
- First Christian Reformed Church of Montreal$3,936
- Association Chrétienne pour la Francophonie (ACF)$3,600
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$3,500
- Link Charity Canada Inc$3,200
- Centre Street Church$3,160
- Église westside gathering/ Westside gathering church$3,000
- Emmaus Anglican Church/Église Anglicane Emmaus$2,600
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,000
- The Church of ST Andrew and ST Paul$1,750
- L'Eglise Baptiste de l'Ouest de Montreal/montreal City West Baptist Church$1,672
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$721K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rosemary Lamby (administrateur); David Manafo (administrateur); Kevin Abarbanel (président / trésorier); Valéry Nabi (administrateur); Jeremy Favreau (vice-président); Natacha Prudent (secrétaire); Saryka Pierre (administratrice); Julie Bérubé (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Christian Direction Inc. Direction Chretienne Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130326424RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.