CLAM (Carrefour de liaison et d'aide Multi-Ethnique)
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 106877343RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($798,257) as filed with the CRA.
CLAM (Carrefour de liaison et d'aide Multi-Ethnique) 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 $757K in revenue and $798K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10.
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 52% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $757K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
L'organisme offre des services sociaux aux immigrants dans le but de faciliter leur intégration à la société québécoise et canadienne. Les principaux services offerts consistent à accueillir et à intégrer les nouveaux arrivants et immigrants dans une perspective d'intégration harmonieuse à la société québécoise et canadienne tout en répondant à leur besoins immédiats. De plus l'organisme a pour objectifs d'accompagner les nouveaux arrivants et immigrants dans l'utilisation des ressources et services offerts par le milieu de promouvoir la création de politiques favorisant des services adapté…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $757K | $798K | $695K | — | — | $286K |
| 2023 | $628K | $762K | $654K | — | — | $328K |
| 2022 | $965K | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $462K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $726K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $597K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $10 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$465K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Adelhak Bourjila (président); Felipe Cordova (vice-président); Juan Gabriel Cardenas (secrétaire/trésorier); Alice Michel (administratrice); Graciano Luis Fernandon (administrateur); Miguel De la Fuente (dg par intérim).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from CLAM (Carrefour de liaison et d'aide Multi-Ethnique)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106877343RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.