Tel-aide Montréal
Publicly funded institution · Verdun, Quebec · BN 105164800RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($657,836) as filed with the CRA.
Tel-aide Montréal is a charitable organization based in Verdun, 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 $827K in revenue and $658K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 63% from government, 18% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $295K.
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 53% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $226K in 2020 to $827K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Tel-aide a pour mission d'offrir a la communauté du grand montréal un service d'écoute téléphonique bilingue disponible 24 heures sur 24 et ce tous les jours de l'année. Le service est offert gratuitement aux personnes en détresse et il est anonyme.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $827K | $658K | $575K | $3,494 | — | $257K |
| 2023 | $531K | $582K | $508K | $4,139 | — | $88K |
| 2022 | $316K | $349K | $303K | $4,460 | — | $139K |
| 2021 | $315K | $240K | $212K | $4,260 | — | $171K |
| 2020 | $226K | $187K | $169K | $3,057 | — | $95K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $295K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$78K
- Canadahelps Canadon$78K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$64K
- The Holt Foundation$40K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$25K
- Fondation Bergeron-Jetté$5,000
- The Birks Family Foundation$3,000
- Mobile Giving Foundation Canada$1,240
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,152
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$250
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$351K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
France Wagner (présidente); Michel Carney (vice-président); Jean Picard (trésorier); Jean-Marie Desrochers (secrétaire); Monic Fournier (administratrice); Ania Szpakowki (administratrice); Audrée Desrochers (administratrice); Sandra Diquinzio (administratrice); Émile Parent (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tel-aide Montréal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 105164800RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.