Aux Couleurs de la Vie Lanaudière
Publicly funded institution · Joliette, Quebec · BN 800974818RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($310,410) as filed with the CRA.
Aux Couleurs de la Vie Lanaudière is a charitable organization based in Joliette, Quebec, classified by the CRA under core 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 $391K in revenue and $310K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government, 26% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $88K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $119K in 2020 to $391K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Accompagnement et support aux personnes ayant reçu un diagnostic médical sévère. Soutien aux proches aidants ainsi qu'aux intervenants qui travaillent avec cette clientèle. Formation continu pour l'accompagnement de la maladie la perte la mort et le deuil. Animation de groupes de traversée consciente du deuil.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $391K | $310K | $310K | — | — | $208K |
| 2023 | $81K | $82K | — | — | — | $128K |
| 2022 | $294K | $270K | $270K | — | — | $129K |
| 2021 | $179K | $128K | $128K | — | — | $106K |
| 2020 | $119K | $98K | $35K | — | — | $55K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $88K from 2 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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$202K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hélène Girouard (présidente); Serge Laplante (administrateur); Evelyne Meyer (trésorier); Roch Lasalle (vice-président); Pauline Bélair (secrétaire); Stephen Clermont (secrétaire); Nicole Melancon (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aux Couleurs de la Vie Lanaudière’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 800974818RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.