Institut économique de montréal
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 876185877RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,596,012) as filed with the CRA.
Institut économique de montréal is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.5M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.4M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $2,200 in 2024, the largest being $711 to Student for Liberty. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Par nos interventions nous alimentons les débats sur les politiques publiques au québec et au canada en étudiant des réformes créatrices de richesse. Nous avons poursuivi notre programme de publications notre programme d'interventions médiatiques notre programme de chroniques et textes d'analyses ainsi que notre programme d'événements et de présentations dans les milieux scolaires et devant des groupes de professionnels. Tout cela ayant comme objectif de poursuivre de notre mission d'éducation économique.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $3.6M | $3M | — | $2,200 | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.5M | — | $6,910 | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $3M | $2.5M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $2.1M | — | — | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $1.9M | — | — | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,200 to 5 qualified donees:
- Student for Liberty$711
- Université de Montréal$500
- Atlas Network$493
- The Black Watch of Canada Foundation/ la Fondation Black Watch du Canada$266
- Les productions porte parole$230
Received $1.4M from 23 charities:
- The John Dobson Foundation$639K
- Hunter Family Foundation$200K
- Tony & Betty Infilise Family Foundation$120K
- Arrell Family Foundation$100K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$78K
- The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation$50K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Hunter Family Foundation$20K
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$12K
- Viewpoint Foundation$12K
- The David H. Laidley Foundation/fondation David H. Laidley$6,200
- Céline & Jacques Lamarre Foundation$5,000
- Pirie Foundation Non-Profit Priv Asso$5,000
- Fondation Linoit$5,000
- The Irving Ludmer Foundation$5,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,600
- The Marchab Foundation$2,500
- WCPD Foundation$1,500
- Chadha Family Foundation$1,000
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hélène Desmarais (présidente du conseil); Michel Kelly Gagnon (administrateur); Nathalie Elgrably (administrateur); Pierre Simard (administrateur); Marc Meunier (administrateur); Guillaume Marion (administrateur); Philip Infilise (administrateur); Caroline Montminy (administrateur); Claude Thibault (administrateur); François Morin (administrateur); Vincent Geloso (administrateur); David Salerno (administrateur); Tasha Kheriddin (administrateur); Guillaume Pelegrin (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Institut économique de montréal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876185877RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.