Beacon of the Freed
Publicly funded institution · Saint-Jerome, Quebec · BN 781041892RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($603,058) as filed with the CRA.
Beacon of the Freed is a charitable organization based in Saint-Jerome, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $607K in revenue and $603K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $232K in 2020 to $607K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Apporter une aide aux victimes d'exploitation sexuelle en fournissant un programme de jour permettant aux victimes d'obtenir des services spécialisés afin de réintégrer la société; - offrir un programme de prévention de la récidive aux acheteurs de services sexuels afin de les éduquer sur les conséquences de leurs gestes; - éduquer et sensibiliser le public les organismes l'industrie touristique et les gouvernements sur la problématique de la traite de personnes et les conséquences de la traite de personnes tant sur les victimes que sur la société en offrant des ateliers et formations ai…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $607K | $603K | $597K | — | — | $26K |
| 2023 | $506K | $502K | $497K | — | — | $22K |
| 2022 | $443K | $479K | $462K | — | — | $18K |
| 2021 | $429K | $393K | $378K | — | — | $54K |
| 2020 | $232K | $205K | $197K | — | — | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $35K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$467K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nathalie Khlat (administrateur); Thierry Joannette (administrateur); Marie-Josée Morin (présidente); Anne Tremblay (secretaire-trésorière); Nadia Boudreault (administrateur); Isabelle Scallon (administrateur); Martine Lacharité (administrateur); Jenny Charest (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beacon of the Freed’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 781041892RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.