Académie Lafontaine inc.
Publicly funded institution · ST-Jérôme, Quebec · BN 100021237RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($26,803,706) as filed with the CRA.
Académie Lafontaine inc. is a charitable organization based in ST-Jérôme, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $27.4M in revenue and $26.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $113K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 125 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $3,896 in 2024, the largest being $1,550 to Le Book Humanitaire. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Enseignement préscolaire primaire et secondaire. Une partie étant considéré comme enseignement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27.4M | $26.8M | $17.5M | — | — | $16.5M |
| 2023 | $25.3M | $24.6M | $16.3M | — | — | $15.9M |
| 2022 | $25M | $23.4M | $15.4M | — | — | $15.2M |
| 2021 | $24.4M | $21.9M | $14.7M | — | — | $13.6M |
| 2020 | $22.9M | $20.7M | $14M | — | — | $11.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,896 to 11 qualified donees:
- Le Book Humanitaire$1,550
- Movember$600
- Equiterre$384
- Conservation de la Nature Canada$365
- Fondation Académie Lafontaine$210
- Centraide$200
- Plein Air Ville-Joie$175
- Maison des Femmes de Québec$152
- Le Grand Défi Pierre Lavoie$100
- Fondation Douglas$100
- Maison des Jeunes$60
Received $113K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions125
- Total compensation, all staff$18.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Véronique Guérin (vice-présidente); Jade Parenteau (administrateur); François Cholette (secrétaire); François Paquin (2e vice-président); Martin Carmel (administrateur); Catherine Lachance (trésorière); Pascal ST-Onge (président); Hugues Lagarde (directeur général); Christine Lafave (administrateur); Natacha Legault-Dumont (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Académie Lafontaine inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 100021237RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.