Le Bouclier d'Athena Services Familiaux/The Shield of Athena Family Services
Publicly funded institution · Mont-Royal, Quebec · BN 138823471RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,767,448) as filed with the CRA.
Le Bouclier d'Athena Services Familiaux/The Shield of Athena Family Services is a charitable organization based in Mont-Royal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.9M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $206K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The orginazation operates two external services centers and a twenty four hour service shelter for women and children who are victims of conjugal and or family violence. The services are provided by 26 full time employees 12 part time and include multilingual intervention economic assistance legal information home visits childrens and womens support groups. The organization also participates in commitees in the health and social services. It provides french language instructions to immigrants and coordinates multilingual public awareness and community outreach programs. The organization pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $99K | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $99K | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1M | $120K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $821K | $168K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $206K from 13 charities:
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$66K
- Altru Foundation Inc.$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$20K
- Elina & Giuseppe Borsellino Family Foundation$15K
- The Azrieli Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,759
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$1,415
- Lyceum of greek women of Montréal / Lykeion Hellinidon tou Montréal$750
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$24
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris-Ann Nakis (president); Melpa Kamateros (executor director); Angie Petrogiannis (board member); Barbara Vokral (board member); Eramelinda Boquer (board member); Elizabeth Condax (board member); Qjan Wang (board member); Mark Grinberg (boar member); Litsa Pelonis (board member); Sotiria Klironomos (board member); Christiane Ghakis (board member); Nasseri Nahal (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le Bouclier d'Athena Services Familiaux/The Shield of Athena Family Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138823471RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.