Soutien aux familles réfugiées et immigrantes de l'Estrie (SAFRIE)
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 825593163RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($425,754) as filed with the CRA.
Soutien aux familles réfugiées et immigrantes de l'Estrie (SAFRIE) is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, 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 $412K in revenue and $426K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $47K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $267K in 2020 to $412K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. «aide aux familles immigrantes et réfugiées» 2. «services à l'enfance et à la jeunesse» 3. «soutien aux écoles et à l'enseignement»
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $412K | $426K | $272K | — | — | $157K |
| 2023 | $385K | $351K | $78K | — | — | $171K |
| 2022 | $306K | $292K | $280K | — | — | $137K |
| 2021 | $314K | $235K | $223K | — | — | $123K |
| 2020 | $267K | $263K | $241K | — | — | $44K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $47K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$273K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Monique Joyal (présidente); Ambroise Nsabimana (vice-président); Carine Munezero (secrétaire); Bénite Makambo Nyange (trésorière); Rhadika Khamal (administratrice); Kamal Karki (administrateur); Jennifer Ruhinda (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Soutien aux familles réfugiées et immigrantes de l'Estrie (SAFRIE)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825593163RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.