Développement Expertise et Solidarité Internationale (DESI)
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 851367359RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($177,816) as filed with the CRA.
Développement Expertise et Solidarité Internationale (DESI) 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 $179K in revenue and $178K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $23K.
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 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $91K in 2020 to $179K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Sans but lucratif et dans un esprit de coopération internationale il regroupe des retraité(e)s et préretraité(e)s de tous horizons qui mettent bénévolement leur expertise au service de communautés dans les pays en développement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $179K | $178K | $133K | — | — | $74K |
| 2023 | $123K | $110K | $82K | — | — | $67K |
| 2022 | $97K | $118K | $89K | — | — | $66K |
| 2021 | $70K | $64K | $45K | $10K | — | $87K |
| 2020 | $91K | $87K | $62K | $11K | — | $81K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$56K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Johanne Boucher (secrétaire); Louise Camiré (administratrice); Jean-Pierre Chicoine (président); Jean-Guy Plasse (vice-président); Ghislain Valade (administrateur); Michel Carrol (administrateur); Jean Beaudin (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Développement Expertise et Solidarité Internationale (DESI)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851367359RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.