The Apathy Is Boring Project/Le Projet L'Indifférence Est Ennuyeuse
Publicly funded institution · Montréal, Quebec · BN 859483349RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,433,037) as filed with the CRA.
The Apathy Is Boring Project/Le Projet L'Indifférence Est Ennuyeuse is a charitable organization based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 $3.7M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $565K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $3.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Advancing education by increasing canadian youth awareness and understanding of the vote in canadian elections and participate in the canadian democratic process throught the use of multimedia art film tv internet projects written materials semonors lectures.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.4M | $2.9M | — | — | $708K |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $3.1M | — | — | $485K |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.8M | — | — | $314K |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.2M | — | — | $304K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $294K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $565K from 7 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Habon Ali (chair); Alexis-Carlota Cochrane (board member); Aiden Cyr (board member (finance co); Terrence D'Souza (board member); Almeera Khalid (board member); Danny Luong (treasurer); Rosalie Nadeau (board member finance co); Brooke Roche (member board of directo).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Apathy Is Boring Project/Le Projet L'Indifférence Est Ennuyeuse’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859483349RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.