Centre d'Action Bénévole Ascension Escuminac
Publicly funded institution · Matapedia, Quebec · BN 136280351RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($605,328) as filed with the CRA.
Centre d'Action Bénévole Ascension Escuminac is a charitable organization based in Matapedia, 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 $676K in revenue and $605K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $115K.
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 77% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $405K in 2020 to $676K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Centre d'action bénévole accompagnement de bénéficiaires offre de repas aux démunis support à l action bénévole dons de paniers de noël programme de sensibilisation à la jeunesse etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $676K | $605K | $567K | — | — | $461K |
| 2023 | $549K | $454K | $428K | — | — | $359K |
| 2022 | $431K | $484K | $468K | — | — | $264K |
| 2021 | $616K | $405K | $390K | — | — | $317K |
| 2020 | $405K | $380K | $363K | — | — | $106K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $115K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,99911 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$305K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ghislaine Gendron (administrateur); Véronique Pelletier (administrateur); Marjolaine Beaudoin (administrateur); Louis-Philippe Beaulieu (administrateur); André Tremblay-Roy (administrateur); Louis Machabée (administrateur); Lisa Guérette (directrice générale).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre d'Action Bénévole Ascension Escuminac’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136280351RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.