Promis (Promotion-Intégration-Société Nouvelle)
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 141222505RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,179,950) as filed with the CRA.
Promis (Promotion-Intégration-Société Nouvelle) is a charitable organization based in Montreal, 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 $5.5M in revenue and $5.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $473K.
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 17% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 33 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1) accueil et étabilssement: offrir des consultations et de rérérences 2) accompagnement en francisation: organiser des cours de francais aux nouveaux arrivants 3) amitié jumelage: organiser des activités pour développer des liens d'amitlé et faire connaître la culture d'accueil.4) groupe d'achats: acheter en groupe afin d'economiser 5)cuisines collectives: apprendre à se nourrir à faible cout.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.2M | $4.1M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $6.3M | $6M | $4.9M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $5.4M | $4.4M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $5.3M | $4.6M | $3.9M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $3.9M | $3.7M | $3M | — | — | $649K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $473K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions33
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lucien Fortin (président); Khadija Binani (vice-présidente); Tirumalai Raghunathan (secretaire); Paule Renaud (tresorière); Jean-Louis Côté (administrateur); Roger Côté (administrateur); Isso-Wasina Ouro-Salim (administrateur); Marie-Lou Larouche (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Promis (Promotion-Intégration-Société Nouvelle)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141222505RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.