Coptic Aid Foundation (Québec)
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 868786054RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,731,100) as filed with the CRA.
Coptic Aid Foundation (Québec) is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $14K.
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 93% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,500 in 2024, the largest being $5,500 to The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Ottawa Montréal & Eastern Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $962K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To provide social legal and finance aid to needy families. To grant scholarships to gifted students among poor families. To receive donations organize fund raising campaigns and social activities with the purpose of collecting funds for charitable objectives. Printing and distributing pocket caldenders & pictures of religious figures and events to supporting members. To help unemployed among needy copts in egypt for the purpose of being self sufficient by creating small developmental projects publishing a monthly bulletin mainly for the benefit of the needy families living in poverty in…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | $5,700 | $320K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | $500 | $351K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | $500 | $386K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | $300 | $445K |
| 2020 | $962K | $1M | $968K | — | $150 | $194K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $14K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Saad Ghali (president & chairman); Wagih Bassili (accounting); Wahib Beshay (accounting); Adel Wadie Dawoud (treasurer); Fayez Habib Nossair (needy families advisor); Galal Iskandar (needy families advisor); Samy Swiha (communications); Joseph E. Tadros (secretary); Mina Guirguis (administrator); Fikry K. Bishara (administrator); Saher Wafai Azer (administrator); Aida Nagui Sami Abdo (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Coptic Aid Foundation (Québec)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868786054RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.