Réseau d'enseignement francophone à distance du Canada (REFAD)
Publicly funded institution · Gatineau, Quebec · BN 894672849RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($164,418) as filed with the CRA.
Réseau d'enseignement francophone à distance du Canada (REFAD) is a charitable organization based in Gatineau, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $165K in revenue and $164K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from government. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $26.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Le REFAD réunit les personnes et les organisations intéressées à promouvoir et développer l'éducation en français par le biais de l'éducation à distance. Le REFAD fournit information perfectionnement visibilité et lieux de contacts à ses membres répartis sur l'ensemble du territoire canadien. Peuvent être membres les écoles collèges cégeps universités associations ministères entreprises et chaînes de télévision qui peuvrent ou s'intéressent à la formation à distance.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $165K | $164K | $156K | — | — | $173K |
| 2023 | $117K | $79K | $77K | — | — | $173K |
| 2022 | $150K | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $154K | $131K | — | — | — | $116K |
| 2020 | $154K | $185K | $130K | — | — | $94K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $26 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$79K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Matthieu Degagnés-Chatigny (directeur général); Hubert Lalande (vice-président); Lise Niyuhire (présidente); Lauriane Laforge (secrétaire-trésorière); Isabelle Chartrand-Dubois (administratrice); Christine Simard (administratrice); France Gravelle (administratrice); Geneviève-Isabelle Racine (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Réseau d'enseignement francophone à distance du Canada (REFAD)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894672849RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.