Action Benevole de Varennes
Charitable organization · Varennes, Quebec · BN 132582958RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($241,739) as filed with the CRA.
Action Benevole de Varennes is a charitable organization based in Varennes, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $282K in revenue and $242K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 46% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Chevaliers de Colomb. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $148K in 2020 to $282K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Services : accompagnement transports impots visites amicales aide alimentaire popote roulante cuisine collective guignolee pour les personnes ainees de varennes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $282K | $242K | $153K | — | $10K | $265K |
| 2023 | $240K | $228K | $151K | — | $5,400 | $226K |
| 2022 | $204K | $198K | $74K | — | $7,000 | $213K |
| 2021 | $298K | $184K | $75K | — | — | $199K |
| 2020 | $148K | $150K | $56K | — | — | $85K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
- Chevaliers de Colomb$10K
Received $46K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$112K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alain Tremblay (président); Marc Manseau (trésorier); Michel Légaré (vice-presidente); Danielle Trottier (administrateur); Helene Langlois-Frenette (administrateur); Marie-Michelle Gagné (secretaire); Daniel Dion (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Action Benevole de Varennes’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132582958RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.