SP Canada
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 104902523RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,514,829) as filed with the CRA.
SP Canada is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from donations, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 44 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $820K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $750K in 2024, the largest being $750K to MS Canada SP Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Nous offrons des services de l'information et du support aux personnes atteintes de sclérose en plaques (sp). Nous organisons des groupes de soutien et des activités d'éducation. Nous finançons des projets de recherche dans les universités et les hôpitaux pour trouver des moyens de prévenir la sp pour développer de nouveaux traitements et pour découvrir un remède. Nous sensibilsons tous les niveaux de gouvernement sur les questions et les besoins spécifiques des canadiens vivant avec la sp.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.5M | $896K | $1.5M | $750K | $909K |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.5M | $837K | $1.7M | $485K | $843K |
| 2022 | $3.7M | $3.4M | $699K | $1.1M | $1.2M | $916K |
| 2021 | $3.4M | $3.2M | $982K | $880K | $1M | $617K |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.5M | $1.1M | $875K | $264K | $400K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $750K to 1 qualified donee:
- MS Canada SP Canada$750K
Received $820K from 44 charities:
- Healthpartners Canada$150K
- Société canadienne de la sclérose en plaques Section Bas-St-Laurent$111K
- SP Canada - Montérégie$94K
- SP Canada - Laval$87K
- SP Canada - Saguenay$57K
- SP Canada - Laurentides$51K
- Société Canadienne de la Sclérose en Plaques (section Lac-ST-Jean)$40K
- Société canadienne de la sclérose en plaques Section Lanaudière$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$21K
- Société Canadienne de la Sclérose en Plaques Section Chaudière-Appalaches$20K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$20K
- Société canadienne de la sclérose en plaques - Section Centre-du-Québec$13K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$7,307
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$6,464
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$5,000
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$4,012
- United Way of Greater Toronto$3,845
- Fondation Denise et Robert Gibelleau$3,568
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$2,955
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lynda Archambault (vice-présidente); Denis Baribeau (administrateur); Gilles Rouleau (administrateur); Martin Legault (président); Gilles Dionne (administrateur); Lorie Palmer (trésorière); Nathalie Caron (administratrice); Rose-Marie Rébillard (administrateur); Julien Robert (vice-président); Jacquie Cardinal (administratrice); Pierre Marion (administrateur); Nicole Duchastel (administratrice); Yves Beaulieu (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SP Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 104902523RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.