Alternative Naissance
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 892587759RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($644,372) as filed with the CRA.
Alternative Naissance is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $629K in revenue and $644K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $125K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $350K in 2020 to $629K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Accompagnement à la naissance (inclus 3 rencontres prénatales présence continue pendant l'accouchement et 2 rencontres postnatales) Accompagnement aux relevailles (entre 8 et 12 rencontres à domicile d'une durée de 5 heures par rencontre dans une famille) Accompagnement au deuil périnatal (environ 6 rencontres de 3 heures) Rencontres virtuelles individuelles prénatales et postnatales (8hres de rencontres sur la préparation à la naissance) Accompagnement à l'interruption de grossesse (environ 8hres alloués par dossier) Ateliers thématiques périnataux ateliers de massage pour bébé Méthode …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $629K | $644K | $518K | — | — | $223K |
| 2023 | $607K | $597K | $508K | — | — | $238K |
| 2022 | $462K | $429K | $365K | — | — | $228K |
| 2021 | $458K | $398K | $338K | — | — | $196K |
| 2020 | $350K | $340K | $289K | — | — | $136K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $125K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$317K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marie-Eve Breton (présidente); Sarah Carbonneau (vice-préidente); Émilie Lemire Auclair (secrétaire); Shanie Lapointe (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alternative Naissance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892587759RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.