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Registered — Montreal, QC — Charitable Organization
Scores: Legitimacy 100/100 · Effectiveness 88/100
Financials: Revenue $803,304 · Expenditures $925,253
Maison Plein Coeur is a 35-year-old Montreal poverty-relief organization where 78.9% of revenue goes to compensation — because direct human services are the program. Despite the high staffing costs, 80.2% of spending reaches programs, the organization holds healthy reserves at 6.7 months (above the 5.8-month peer median), and it has maintained a perfect governance and filing record across more than three decades.
Our Verdict: A long-established, staff-intensive social services organization with a clean governance record and adequate reserves — the high compensation ratio reflects hands-on service delivery rather than overhead, and donors supporting direct human services can give with reasonable confidence.