Entendre Québec / Hear Québec
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 118869999RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($374,770) as filed with the CRA.
Entendre Québec / Hear Québec is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $414K in revenue and $375K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $102K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $236K in 2020 to $414K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To help the hearing-impaired increase their quality of life by offering a variety of programs. Courses workshops and seminars related to the hearing-impaired.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $414K | $375K | $319K | $3,977 | — | $128K |
| 2023 | $276K | $309K | $254K | $10K | — | $89K |
| 2022 | $294K | $260K | $221K | — | — | $121K |
| 2021 | $283K | $250K | $212K | — | — | $88K |
| 2020 | $236K | $235K | $200K | — | — | $55K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $102K from 5 charities:
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$299K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samir Badran (president); Salvatore Castellano (administrator); Sudeep Matthew (administrator); Ashley Mayoff (administrator); Laurel Annette Perry (administrator); Connor Quinn (treasurer); Abby Stonehouse (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Entendre Québec / Hear Québec’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118869999RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.