The True North Centre for Education and Human Development
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 869439000RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($278,893) as filed with the CRA.
The True North Centre for Education and Human Development is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $513K in revenue and $279K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $137K in 2024, the largest being $112K to Fondation Haratan. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $513K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity gives grants to other registered charities in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $513K | $279K | — | — | $137K | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $511K | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $273K | $502K | $403K | — | $99K | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $95K | — | — | $95K | $4.1M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $127K | — | — | $125K | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $137K to 3 qualified donees:
- Fondation Haratan$112K
- Rivierview Study Centre$20K
- Les amis de Piedmont$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leslie Tomory (secretary); Alphonse Esteve (vice president); Roy Kyrillos (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The True North Centre for Education and Human Development’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869439000RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.