Association Québécoise des Bénévoles en Recherche et Sauvetage (A.Q.B.R.S.)
Publicly funded institution · Prévost, Quebec · BN 861919355RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($108,332) as filed with the CRA.
Association Québécoise des Bénévoles en Recherche et Sauvetage (A.Q.B.R.S.) is a charitable organization based in Prévost, Quebec, classified by the CRA under protective health care. 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 $105K in revenue and $108K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $277.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
In its own words
La contribution des 650 bénévoles de l'organisme est faite en nature uniquement à raison de 3 500 heures d'opération 6 800 heures de formation et 3 500 heures d'administration.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $105K | $108K | $65K | — | — | $174K |
| 2023 | $50K | $64K | $25K | — | — | $72K |
| 2022 | $50K | $65K | $24K | — | — | $83K |
| 2021 | $94K | $66K | $49K | — | — | $267K |
| 2020 | $96K | $77K | $58K | — | — | $294K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $277 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$29K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Association Québécoise des Bénévoles en Recherche et Sauvetage (A.Q.B.R.S.)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861919355RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.