Refugee Centre
2023 Fiscal Year
Our fiscal year is from September 1st to August 31st
Our operating budget was $1,400,283 of which $400 500 were levied fees/Concordia grants and $999,283 fundraised or grants.
3.9%
Professional Fees
- Remittances to Revenu Quebec
- Remittances to tthe Canadian Revenu Agency
- Cost of Independent Financial Review
- Tax Review
Professionals fees are needed to keep the Refugee Centre up to date with all its reporting requirements to Revenu Quebec & the Canadian Revenue Agency. This equates to $56,916.
5.3%
Legal Aid Clinic
Immigrants, refugees, and undocumented refugees are in constant need of counsel to overcome their legal hurdles. This type of help is not readily available and requires a high level of discretion that we offer to all individuals. This equates to
$77,731 of our total budget. Our Legal Clinic is available by appointment to all, regardless of status. Some services include:
- Work Permits
- Study Permits
- Asylum Claims
- Permanent Residence Applications
- Refugee Sponsorship
- Appeals
10.9%
Advertising/General/Offices
In order to maintain the Refugee Centre's innovative image and approach in providing services, we work hard to ensure that all our IT tools are user-friendly and accessible to everyone. During are increasing this budget due to moving all our services and classes online. Additionally, we adhere to more traditional methods of providing information or filing legal documents through paper and high volume printing as we regularly deal with sensitive information in our legal clinic that cannot be stored digitally. This represents $40,693 of our total budget. Some sample costs include:
- Printers & Paper
- Computers
- Web design
- Web Domains & Hosting
- App Development
- Administrative Salaries
0.6%
Taxes/Insurance/
Bank Charges/
Amortization
Just like any other organization in Canada, we must pay taxes on major purchases and payroll remittances. This represents $13,096 of our total budget.
6%
Rent & Space
The Refugee Centre hosts thousands of students each year for multiple events, classes, workshops, and counselling appointments. Thus having our own space is an integral part of our ability to operate both privately and efficiently. We are located in the heart of downtown Concordia University campus with a 3000 sqft space to hold classes, meetings, private legal consultations, workshops, and much more. This makes up $88,083 of our total budget
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73.3%
Events/Services & Scholarships
Part of the Refugee Centre's mission is to provide quality education and opportunities for Refugees & Newcomers to attain success here in Montreal. Here is a small snapshot of the list of services & events we hosted in 2023. This makes up $1,076,678 of our total budget
- IELTS Classes
- English Classes (Beginner, Intermediate)
- French Classes (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)
- Employability Workshops
- Academic Aid Consultations
- Scholarship Program
- Concordia Admissions Aid
- Service based salaries (teachers, social worker, advisors, tutors)
- Orientation Workshops/Consultations
- Data Science Workshops (2 months long)
- Web Development Workshops ( 2 months long)
- Mobile Development Workshops ( 2 months long)
- Robotics Workshops ( 2 months long)
- Health & Wellness Workshops and services
Community/Reserve Fund
At the end of each fiscal year, The Refugee Centre contributes a minimum of 5% and a maximum of 30% of its annual budget to its Community/Reserve Fund. This is done to adhere to the legal obligations set by the provincial and federal government to qualify to sponsor refugees each year. For example:
The Refugee Centre must have ~$16,000 in savings to sponsor one refugee per year. At any given year depending on government quotas, The Refugee Centre sponsors 5-10 refugees per year. This equates to $224,123 of this years budget.
