MOMENTA Biennale d'art contemporain
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 896548203RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($500,650) as filed with the CRA.
MOMENTA Biennale d'art contemporain is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $638K in revenue and $501K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $61K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Momenta biennale de l'image donne des formations réalise des expositions du matériel imprimé un programme de médiation culturelle et des conférences sur la photographie ouvertes au grand public et produit une biennale majeure de photographie contemporaine. L'organisme a pour but de promouvoir les diverses tendances de la photographie et de l'image en général; de produire un événement biennal ou toutes autres activités qui visent à interroger les enjeux reliés à la photographie et à l'image contemporaine; de stimuler les recherches des artistes des commissaires d'exposition et des spéciali…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $638K | $501K | $309K | — | — | $631K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $2M | $1.7M | — | — | $494K |
| 2022 | $506K | $442K | $247K | — | — | $670K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1,612 | — | $606K |
| 2020 | $573K | $392K | $252K | $4,353 | — | $632K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $61K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$262K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lesley Johnstone (présidente); Asselin Bernard (vice-président); Mojeanne Sarah Behzadi (administratrice); Cédrick Pautel (trésorier); Kama Maureemootoo (administrateur); Fabien Loszach (administrateur); Myriam Achard (administratrice); Elizabeth Gomery (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from MOMENTA Biennale d'art contemporain’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896548203RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.