Académie Zénith
Publicly funded institution · Longueuil, Quebec · BN 831754106RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($860,478) as filed with the CRA.
Académie Zénith is a charitable organization based in Longueuil, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $860K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $195K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $346K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
À des fins purement sociales et sans but lucratif l'académie zénith offrira notamment un service d'activités pour les adultes handicapés de 21 ans et plus ayant une déficience intellectuelle avec ou sans trouble envahissant du développement avec ou sans déficience physicque dans le but de contribuer à leur épanouissement. Offrir ainsi à ces personnes un lieu de services adaptés à leurs besoins de santé dans un environnement sécuritaire pour leur permettre de poursuivre leur développement tous les jours de la semaine et tout en permettant à leurs proches d'avoir une vie plus équilibrée.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $860K | $666K | $75K | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $646K | $512K | $57K | — | $923K |
| 2022 | $564K | $483K | $412K | $34K | — | $663K |
| 2021 | $540K | $348K | $330K | $8,157 | — | $582K |
| 2020 | $346K | $211K | $192K | $3,800 | — | $386K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $195K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$413K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maryse Tessier (présidente); Jean-Guy Pelletier (vice-président); Nicolas Beaulieu (administrateur); Sam Donofrio (administrateur); Renée Nadeau (trésorière); François Galarneau (administrateur); Mario Guindon (administrateur); Anne-Marie Perreault (administrateur); Audrée Roy (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Académie Zénith’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831754106RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.