Quebec · Registered charity
MÈRE EN ACTION
MÈRE EN ACTION (Quebec) receives grants from 11 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$117,409 to it, the largest being FONDATION J.A. DESEVE (C$52,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
MÈRE EN ACTION is better cushioned than half of the 4,360 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,360 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Fondation Famille Caronlocal
- La fondation Jacques Francoeurportfolio match
- Fondation CAA-Québecportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 66% · 2018 69% · 2019 70% · 2020 68% · 2021 69% · 2022 67% · 2023 67% · 2024 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of MÈRE EN ACTION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose C$5k → C$21k.
From the CRA filings of MÈRE EN ACTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MÈRE EN ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MÈRE EN ACTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 95% · 2019 91% · 2020 91% · 2021 65% · 2022 66% · 2023 94% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
75% of MÈRE EN ACTION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
82% of MÈRE EN ACTION's grant income comes from Quebec funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 11 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Fondation Famille CaronlocalQC · funds 11 organizations near you
- La fondation Jacques Francoeurportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation CAA-Québecportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Famille Lafondportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Saison Nouvelleportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Réno-Jouetsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Centraide Laurentidesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Les Partenaires Du Cardinal / the Cardinal's Partnersportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Moisson Estrieportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Dufresne & Gauthierportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Centraide Richelieu-Yamaska inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Recours Des Sans Abri/Homeless Recourseportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue MÈRE EN ACTION reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 60% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like MÈRE EN ACTION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Quebec
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds MÈRE EN ACTION?
- MÈRE EN ACTION (Quebec) receives grants from 11 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$117,409 to it, the largest being FONDATION J.A. DESEVE (C$52,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MÈRE EN ACTION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 11 organizations giving C$117,409 in grants to MÈRE EN ACTION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MÈRE EN ACTION?
- FONDATION J.A. DESEVE is the largest funder on record, with C$52,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MÈRE EN ACTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Quebec.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register