Society of Missionaries of Africa (white Fathers) - Canada
Charitable organization · Montréal, Quebec · BN 119017069RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,252,809) as filed with the CRA.
Society of Missionaries of Africa (white Fathers) - Canada is a charitable organization based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $6.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 32% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.3M to Fonds Leon-Livinhac. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
La corporation est constituée en vertu de l'article 15 de la loi sur les corporations religieuses du québec. Elle a pour but d'organiser de maintenir et d'administrer une congrégation dont les fins sont la religion l'éducation l'enseignement et le bien-être.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $6.3M | $1.6M | $3.3M | $1.3M | $6.5M |
| 2023 | $5.6M | $6.4M | $757K | — | $1.3M | $7.4M |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $6.3M | $2M | — | $1.3M | $8.3M |
| 2021 | $8.3M | $6.9M | $863K | — | $1.5M | $10.7M |
| 2020 | $5.5M | $9M | $2.5M | — | $3M | $9.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 1 qualified donee:
- Fonds Leon-Livinhac$1.3M
Received $1M from 18 charities:
- Fonds John-Forbes$998K
- Fondation Bourassa$15K
- The Albarrie Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,597
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Toronto in Canada$4,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,323
- Order of ST. Clare$500
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Pembroke$500
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$372
- The Mission Circles of the Roman Catholic Diocese of ST. Bonicace$340
- L'Abbaye de Saint-Benoit-Du-Lac$100
- Les Moniales Carmélites de Montréal$100
- L'institut des soeurs de l'immaculée de Gênes - Région canadienne—
- Les Soeurs Servantes du Saint-Coeur de Marie—
- Les Missionnaires Oblates de Saint-Boniface—
- The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate / Las Oblatas Misioneras de M aria Inmaculada—
- Les Servantes du Tres-Saint-Sacrement du Canada—
- Les Oblates de Bethanie—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$546K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Armand Galay (administrateur); Michel Meunier (administrateur); Serge ST-Arneault (secrétaire); Marc Angers (administrateur); Michel Carbonneau (administrateur); Denis Laflamme (trésorier); Paul Johnston (président).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Society of Missionaries of Africa (white Fathers) - Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119017069RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.