BASE Banque Alimentaire - Services Entraide
Publicly funded institution · Gatineau, Quebec · BN 882514763RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($647,598) as filed with the CRA.
BASE Banque Alimentaire - Services Entraide is a charitable organization based in Gatineau, 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 $749K in revenue and $648K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 57% from government, 30% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $48K.
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 $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $428K in 2020 to $749K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Dépannage de mourriture auprès de la population défavorisée.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $749K | $648K | $519K | — | — | $402K |
| 2023 | $683K | $750K | $615K | — | — | $301K |
| 2022 | $831K | $799K | $665K | — | — | $368K |
| 2021 | $892K | $629K | $531K | — | — | $336K |
| 2020 | $428K | $427K | $353K | — | — | $72K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $48K from 5 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$42K
- Fiducie Charitable Fournier-Ethier$5,000
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$211
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$206
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$419K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Madyna Kanouté (vice-présidente); Marie-Ève Montreuil (présidente); Jessica Lauriault (administratrice); Isabelle Beriau (vice-présidente); Mélanie Lavoie (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BASE Banque Alimentaire - Services Entraide’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882514763RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.