Le Centre des Femmes de Montréal
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 118846450RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,678,636) as filed with the CRA.
Le Centre des Femmes de Montréal is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $3.7M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 70% from government, 23% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $854K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 70 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Le centre des femmes a pour mission d'offrir des services de première ligne de recherche d'emploi et de formation professionnelle ainsi que des services d'aide et de supports aux femmes québécoises immigrantes et autochtones.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.7M | $3.2M | — | — | $480K |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $2.9M | — | — | $471K |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.8M | — | — | $459K |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $2.9M | — | — | $448K |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.6M | — | — | $442K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $854K from 12 charities:
- FONDATION DU CENTRE DES FEMMES de Montreal /FOUNDATION OF THE WOMEN'S CENTRE OF MONTREAL$471K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$302K
- Fondation Dufresne & Gauthier$45K
- La fondation Jacques Francoeur$14K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$10K
- La fondation Jacques Francoeur$7,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,958
- Fondation RONA$1,054
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$200
- Canadahelps Canadon$96
- Fondation Jeanne-Esther—
- Congrégation De Notre-Dame Du Québec—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions70
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Émile Paquin-Holmested (administratrice); Johanne Bélisle (membre ex-officio); Christiane Garant (vice-présidente); Joëlle Thibault (présidente); Louise Bechamp (présidente sortante); Roxane Côté (trésorière); Yveline Delma (secrétaire); Kaouther Sfar Felfoul (administratrice); Alina Leigl (administratrice); Isabelle Troitzky (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le Centre des Femmes de Montréal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118846450RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.