Braille Atout
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 863147021RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,170) as filed with the CRA.
Braille Atout is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $35K in revenue and $27K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $25.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
L'organisme offre des services de familiarisation au braille à l'informatique adapté aux tablettes aux téléphones intelligents et aux décodeurs numériques avec commandes vocales pour la télévision.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $35K | $27K | $22K | — | — | $15K |
| 2023 | $33K | — | — | — | — | $7,221 |
| 2022 | $35K | $22K | — | — | — | $25K |
| 2021 | $32K | $38K | — | — | — | $9,875 |
| 2020 | $38K | $38K | — | — | — | $17K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
René Gervais (administrateur); Françoise L'Étoile (vice-présidente); Jean-Marie Laperle (président); Marie-Josée Lecours (secrétaire-trésorière).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Braille Atout’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863147021RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.