English-Montreal School Board/Commission Scolaire English-Montreal
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 142423896RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($444,991,026) as filed with the CRA.
English-Montreal School Board/Commission Scolaire English-Montreal is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $435.3M in revenue and $445M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3,606 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The english montreal school board (emsb) conducts various activities directly aimed to enhance the education of the students. The emsb also raises funds for issuance of scholarships and prizes to students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $435.3M | $445M | $678K | — | — | $69.6M |
| 2023 | $499.5M | $407.7M | $247K | — | — | $79.2M |
| 2022 | $394.2M | $374.9M | $619K | — | — | $77M |
| 2021 | $365.4M | $378.3M | $116K | — | — | $57.8M |
| 2020 | $348.9M | $358.7M | $110K | — | — | $73.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.3M from 16 charities:
- Comite de Gestion de la Taxe Scolaire de l'Ile de Montreal$855K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$186K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$170K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$23K
- Simon Chang Foundation For Change/Fondation Simon Chang Pour Le Changement$20K
- The Azrieli Foundation$20K
- Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation$10K
- Mazon Canada$7,000
- Hylcan Foundation$5,000
- Hylcan Foundation$5,000
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$5,000
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$2,000
- Hylcan Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$753
- Canadahelps Canadon$432
- Federation Cja$198
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3,606
- Total compensation, all staff$328.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicholas Katalifos (director general); Pelagia Nickoletopoulos (assistant director general); Jack Chadirdjian (assistant director general); Demetrios Giannacopoulos (regional director); Darlene Kehyayan (regional director); Livia Nassivera (director financial services); Joe Ortona (chairman); Julien Feldman (commissioner); James Kromida (commissioner/vice chair); Pietro Mercuri (commissioner); Mario Pietranelo (commissioner); Maria Corsl (parent commissioner-elementary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from English-Montreal School Board/Commission Scolaire English-Montreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 142423896RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.