Wikimedia Canada Wikimédia Canada
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 839736519RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($629,021) as filed with the CRA.
Wikimedia Canada Wikimédia Canada is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $669K in revenue and $629K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 79% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $60K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $56K in 2020 to $669K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
L'organisme oeuvre dans le domaine du partage des connaissances libres et à favoriser l'accessibilité à ces connaissances.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $669K | $629K | $594K | — | — | $299K |
| 2023 | $471K | $474K | $436K | — | — | $259K |
| 2022 | $225K | $129K | $99K | — | — | $261K |
| 2021 | $184K | — | $127K | — | — | $98K |
| 2020 | $56K | $92K | $83K | — | $0 | $47K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $60K from 11 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$28K
- Aqueduct Foundation$11K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,662
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$4,127
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,870
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$335
- Developmental Disabilities Association of Vancouver-Richmond$104
- Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society$50
- Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate Provincial Home$15
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$284K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ha-Loan Phan (présidente); Michael David Miller (vice-président); Catherine Bernier (administratrice); Thérèse Ottawa (administratrice); Sarah Severson (administratrice); Jennyfer Jacques (trésorière); Sven Buridans (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wikimedia Canada Wikimédia Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 839736519RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.