Friendship Circle of Québec
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 892645508RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,169,615) as filed with the CRA.
Friendship Circle of Québec is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 25% from government, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
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 43% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Arrange for volunteer to visit regulary with children that are physically or intellectually handicapped. Provide assistance to their families organize social gatherings and special activities for the volunteers and special needs children to establish friendships.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $2.2M | $1.8M | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $2.3M | — | — | $4.4M |
| 2022 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.8M | — | — | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $4.6M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $93K | — | $4.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 31 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$520K
- The Azrieli Foundation$337K
- Lederman Foundation$50K
- La Fondation Pomerantz/The Pomerantz Foundation$50K
- Federation Cja$43K
- Fondation de la fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec$10K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$10K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,965
- Congregation Bais Menachem Chabad-Lubavitch$3,741
- Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation$3,600
- The Altree Charitable Trust$2,465
- The Jaclyn Fisher Foundation La Fondation Jaclyn Fisher$1,872
- Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz Family Fondation$1,800
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,770
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$1,000
- Marvin & Rhoda Rosenbloom Family Foundation$1,000
- The Irving Ludmer Foundation$1,000
- Vancouver Foundation$540
- Residence Sepharade Salomon (communaute Sepharade Unifiee du Quebec)$500
- Rona and Irving Levitt Family Foundation$500
- The Dany and Elyse Battat Family Foundation$500
- The George and Sylvia Aikins Foundation$360
- Congrégation Anshei Yisroel/Anshei Yisroel Congregation$220
- Leo and Shirley Goldfarb Foundation/fondation Leo and Shirley Goldfarb$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Mendel Teitlebaum (vice-president); Moshe Chanowitz (president); Haim Shpigelman (secretary); Roni Alkobi (administrator); Shmuel Zalmanov (administrator).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friendship Circle of Québec’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892645508RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.