Don Bosco Missions Office
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 834287468RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,214,296) as filed with the CRA.
Don Bosco Missions Office is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.9M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $68K in 2024, the largest being $68K to The Society of the Salesians of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Solliciter des fonds afin d'aider nos oeuvres en pays de missions à travers le monde ainsi qu'au canada. Au canada nous aidons financièrement nos maisons de cheminement vocationnel ainsi que notre école de sherbrooke. Nous dirigeons trois paroisses à montréal une à toronto une à hamilton et trois à edmonton. Nous animons des camps d'été pour jeunes des centres de jeunes et des activités missionnaires pour jeunes adultes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.2M | $1.9M | $22K | $68K | $581K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.3M | $1M | $56K | $55K | $582K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $12K | $55K | $486K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $20K | $25K | $508K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $8,843 | $55K | $500K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $68K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2.9M from 17 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1.4M
- Canadahelps Canadon$1.4M
- Help for Missions Society$10K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$2,124
- Vancouver Foundation$1,608
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$1,000
- Fondation Desjardins$971
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$951
- The Alberta Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation$600
- Our Lady of Mercy Parish$500
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$150
- Carmel of ST. Joseph$100
- Les Moniales Carmélites de Montréal$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$60
- The Sisters of the Presentation—
- Les Oblates de Bethanie—
- Les Oblates de Bethanie—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$130K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Authier (président); George Harkins (secrétaire); Alain Léonard (vice-président); Luc Lantagne (trésorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Don Bosco Missions Office’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834287468RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.