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.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other gifts$2,510,053
- Receipted donations$1,172,214
- Investment income$80,524
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.