Virtual Guardians Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 775010689RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($494,189) as filed with the CRA.
Virtual Guardians Foundation is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $496K in revenue and $494K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,530 in 2020 to $496K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Programme de surveillance pour agir d'avant-garde sur internet de faire de la prévention sur toutes pratiques qui pourraient être dangereuses grâce à l'appui de communautés locales et d'intervenants communautaire : travailleur de rue numérique - aide à la recherche et à l'élaboration de moyens de prévention avec des partenaires - conférences formations et ateliers de prévention établis à l'aide de partenaires du domaine privé et communautaire. - création de la plateforme d'échanges de socialisation et de consultation pour les jeunes sur le réseau discord ' la communauté des gardiens vi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $496K | $494K | $414K | $54K | — | $223K |
| 2023 | $112K | $566K | $494K | $54K | — | $222K |
| 2022 | $1M | $390K | $279K | $103K | $14K | $677K |
| 2021 | $198K | $137K | $91K | $36K | — | $68K |
| 2020 | $1,530 | $201 | $0 | $47 | $0 | $1,732 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$134K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
François Savard (président); Patrick Rhéaume-Espinoza (trésorier); Patrick Pigeon (administrateur); Stéphanie Yargean (administrateur); Jenica Poirier (secrétaire); Jean-Philippe Taillon (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Virtual Guardians Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 775010689RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.