The following represents the Monarch Canada Foundation’s financial statements for the period Sept. 1 2023 to Aug. 31 2024.

August 31, 2024 (2023 for comparison)

Revenue & Expenses

2023

2024

Canadian Dollars

Income:

Donations Received 511,856 902,620
Other Income (interest income) 0 12,969
Total Income 511,856 915,589

Expenses:

Service Contract Payments

ComuniCabo 107,359 98,147
Liga MAC 220,628 314,656
Building Baja’s Future 134,912 0
Casa Hogar de San José 0 133,155
Casa de Abuelos 20,337 19,098
Boys & Girls Club 45,248 39,593
Los Cabos Children’s Foundation 32,182 63,148
Sarahuaro 39,085 133,099
Cabo Church 66,675 72,428
Amigos de los Niños 0 19,676
Total Service Contract Payments 666,426 892,998

Administrative Costs

Website Management 661 953
Professional Fees 3,406 2,816
Accounting Software 2,358 2,350
Bank Fees 445 730
Processing Fees 1,881 1,274
Total Administrative Costs 8,751 8,123

Total Expenses

675,177 901,121

Net Donations vs Expenses

(163,320) 14,468

Approved on behalf of the Board:

Peter Beaupré

Chairman

Kim Doward

Treasurer

Notes to Financial Statements

Note 1 –Incorporation

The Monarca Canada Foundation was incorporated on July 7, 2011 and registered as private Foundation with the Canada Revenue Agency effective September 1, 2011. As such, the Foundation can issue charitable donation receipts.

Note 2 – Objectives of the Foundation

The Constitution of the Foundation specifies that its purposes are as follows:

   (a) to advance education in Mexico by the provision of books, equipment and educational aids for elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools or funding for the purpose thereof;

   (b) to advance education by providing scholarships, bursaries, awards, and other forms of financial aid to impoverished Mexican youth;

   (c) to relieve poverty by providing food, housing, and the necessities of life to needy children in Mexico;

   (d) to relieve poverty by providing primary and preventative health care to impoverished Mexican families;

   (e) to receive bequests, legacies, donations, gifts, funds and property from all sources and to hold and invest such funds and property and to administer and distribute such funds and property for the purposes of the Foundation;
   (f) to do all such other things as are incidental and ancillary to the attainment of the foregoing purposes and the exercise of the powers of the Foundation.

Note 3 -Service Contracts

(a) The Foundation has contracts with the following organizations to provide medical, educational and basic food services to impoverished families and individuals in the Los Cabos region of Baja California Sur, Mexico:

1. CommuniCabo (Speech therapy for cleft lip and cleft palate children)
2. Liga MAC (Food, medical and educational support)
3. Building Baja’s Future (University scholarships)
4. Casa de Abuelos San Miguel (Food for senior citizens)
5. Los Cabos Children’s Foundation (Oncology and heart treatment for children)
6. Sarahuaro (Education for women and children’s school lunches)
7. Casa Hogar de Cabo San Lucas (Shelter for children in legal guardianship)
8. Boys + Girls Club (Development program for young people)
9. Cabo Church (Food for children)
10. Amigos de los Niños (Children’s health in Los Cabos)

Note 4 – Directors’ Remuneration

The Foundation paid no remuneration to any director nor did it provide any financial assistance (such as loans or guarantees) to any Director during 2023 or 2022.