Ontario French-Language Educational Communi cations Authority
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 854735156RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($41,244,412) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario French-Language Educational Communi cations Authority is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $42M in revenue and $41.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,242.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 165 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $42M | $41.2M | $33.4M | — | — | $8.3M |
| 2023 | $46.5M | $46.2M | $38.1M | — | — | $7.6M |
| 2022 | $51.9M | $51.6M | $41.4M | — | — | $7.3M |
| 2021 | $40.8M | $40.5M | $31.8M | — | — | $7M |
| 2020 | $39M | $38.7M | $29.1M | — | — | $6.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,242 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,242
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions165
- Total compensation, all staff$21.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Jean Lépine (président du conseil); Maxim Jean-Louis (administrateur); Dominique Giguère (administrateur); Frédéric Duguay (administrateur); Christine Edith Ntoube Dikongué (administrateur); Lucie Laplante (administrateur); Monique Ménard (administrateur).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario French-Language Educational Communi cations Authority’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854735156RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.