Association d'Entraide Communautaire la Fontaine
Publicly funded institution · Sainte-Marie, Quebec · BN 890913197RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($748,850) as filed with the CRA.
Association d'Entraide Communautaire la Fontaine is a charitable organization based in Sainte-Marie, 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 $752K in revenue and $749K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 61% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
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 32% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Programme de mission globale : répit de jour répit hébergement journées pédagogiques camp estival et activités diverses pour la clientèle de tous âge présentant une limitation physique et/ou intellectuelle.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $752K | $749K | $598K | $42K | — | $671K |
| 2023 | $688K | $656K | $507K | $41K | — | $667K |
| 2022 | $608K | $588K | $461K | $23K | — | $635K |
| 2021 | $595K | $425K | $321K | $8,173 | — | $616K |
| 2020 | $505K | $501K | $377K | $22K | — | $445K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$529K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Antoine Gagnon (administrateur); Lisette Grenier (secrétaire); Mario Landry (administrateur); Mario Cantin (administrateur); Mélanie Payeur (vice-président); François Leblond (trésorier); Pascal Jacques (président); Alexandre Labbé-Doyon (administrateur); Julie Paradis (administrateur); Christian Marcoux (administrateur); Geneviève Couture (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Association d'Entraide Communautaire la Fontaine’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890913197RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.