Centraide Saguenay-Lac-ST-Jean Inc.
Public foundation · Chicoutimi, Quebec · BN 106885312RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,466,510) as filed with the CRA.
Centraide Saguenay-Lac-ST-Jean Inc. is a public foundation based in Chicoutimi, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $436K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 181 qualified donees totalling $2.6M in 2024, the largest being $119K to Moisson Saguenay - Lac-ST-Jean Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Centraide saguenay lac-saint-jean soutient financièrement et offre des services professionnels aux organismes communautaires régionaux qui interviennent dans différents champs d'intervention: *soutenir la réussite des jeunes; *assurer l'essentiel; *briser l'isolement social; *bâtir des milieux de vie rassembleurs. L'organisme mène une campagne de financement annuelle et organise des activités de seinsibilisation auprès de la population.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.5M | $207K | $459K | $2.7M | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $4M | $3.9M | $255K | $400K | $3.1M | $823K |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $685K | $164K | $399K | — | $724K |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $154K | $353K | $1.9M | $0 |
| 2020 | $3.9M | $3.6M | $121K | $318K | $3.1M | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.6M to 181 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moisson Saguenay - Lac-ST-Jean Inc.$119K
- Maison d'Accueil pour Sans-Abri de Chicoutimi$110K
- Centre l'Escale de Jonquière Inc.$87K
- Le Havre du Fjord Inc.$76K
- Centre de Ressources pour Hommes Optimum$69K
- Service Alimentaire « la Recette »$68K
- La Maison d'Hébergement le Séjour Inc.$66K
- Centre du Lac Pouce$65K
- Centre le Phare$65K
- Centre Populaire$59K
- Maison de l'Espoir Saguenay Lac ST-Jean Inc.$55K
- Moisson d'Alma$55K
- Café Jeunesse de Chicoutimi Inc.$50K
- Centre Plein Vie Inc.$49K
- Le Maillon « Regroupement de Parents et Amis$46K
- Toxic-Actions$45K
- Service Communautaire de Consultation Indi$45K
- Groupe d'Action Communautaire de Falardeau$45K
- Maison de Jeunes de ST-Prime$43K
- Centre d'Action Bénévole de Saguenay Inc.$43K
- Association des Personnes Handicapées$40K
- Service d'Information et Intervention en Toxi$38K
- Centre du Lac Pouce$38K
- Afmr des Grandes-Rivières$37K
- Maison d'Hébergement S.o.s. Jeunesse$35K
Received $436K from 16 charities:
- Comite Entraide - Secteurs Public et Parapublic$161K
- Fondation Marcelle et Jean Coutu$100K
- Hewitt Foundation$75K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$26K
- Fondation communautaire du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean$15K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$15K
- Fondation Pierre et Gisele Laberge$10K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$9,166
- Fondation Desjardins$3,316
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,226
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$3,000
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$3,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Fondation Thomas-Léon Tremblay$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$592K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mélissa Bergeron (président); Dominique Gobeil (vice-président lac-st-jean); Guylaine Tremblay (vice-président sagunay); Chloé Boudreault (trésorier); Sophie Girard (secrétaire); Stéphanie Poirier (administrateur); Paul Patry (administrateur); Julie Doucet (administrateur); Gilles Auclair (administrateur); Justine Fillion (administrateur); Gilles Gaudreault (administrateur); Ugo Collard-Fortin (administrateur); François ST-Gelais (administrateur); Jean-Samuel Allard (administrateur); Michel Cecyre (administrateur); Sabrina Tremblay (administrateur); Laval Dionne (administrateur); Faustine Passeau (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centraide Saguenay-Lac-ST-Jean Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106885312RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.