The Centre for Community Organizations
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 868152117RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,127,380) as filed with the CRA.
The Centre for Community Organizations is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from government, 54% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $511K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $723K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To encourage the development of organizational capacity and leadership in community organizations; to promote collaboration between community organizations across different sectors languages cultures neighborhoods and geographical regions; to support community development initiatives and to receive and administer donations bequests and other contributions and to organize fund-raising events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $958K | — | — | $206K |
| 2023 | $935K | $876K | $745K | — | — | $219K |
| 2022 | $826K | $746K | $634K | — | — | $159K |
| 2021 | $753K | $753K | $640K | — | — | $80K |
| 2020 | $723K | $742K | $630K | — | — | $80K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $511K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$843K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Audrey-Lise Benoit (director); Stephanie Jeremie (director); Vira Kovalova (director); Adeline Louison (director); Marina Mathieu (director); Shawna Moore (secretary); Afreina Noor (president); Adele Salin (director); Gabrielle Spenard-Bernier (other (specify)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Centre for Community Organizations’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868152117RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.