Le Francais pour l'Avenir/french for the Future
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 869760579RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,179,266) as filed with the CRA.
Le Francais pour l'Avenir/french for the Future is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $30K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
French for the future promotes canada's official bilingualism and the immediate and lifelong benefits of learning and communicating in french to students from grades 7 to 12 across canada. This is done through the following educational programs: franconnexion sessions local forums national ambassador youth forum national essay contest bilingual young leaders united bilingual correspondents fr+ concours lance ton balado.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $769K | $3,000 | — | $619K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $702K | $1,750 | — | $594K |
| 2022 | $985K | $874K | $539K | $7,500 | — | $575K |
| 2021 | $995K | $815K | $450K | $1,200 | — | $464K |
| 2020 | $883K | $807K | $508K | $1,700 | — | $285K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30K from 6 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$477K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charles Ashikwe (treasurer); Alec Boudreau (secretary); Denis Fontaine (vice president); Ania Kolodziej (president); Marie-Pierre Lavoie (director); Michel Samson (director); Martin Katz (director); Nicolette Belliveau (director); Kristy Brezina (director); Gillian Blackmore (director); Nicholas Daoust (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le Francais pour l'Avenir/french for the Future’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869760579RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.