Centre d'Action Bénévole de Farnham Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Farnham, Quebec · BN 118845080RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($981,956) as filed with the CRA.
Centre d'Action Bénévole de Farnham Inc. is a charitable organization based in Farnham, 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 $2.4M in revenue and $982K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,997.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,225 in 2024, the largest being $1,225 to Centraide Richelieu-Yamaska inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $578K in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Promotion: activités 'reconnaissance'/encadrement des bénévoles. Services aux individus: act.personnes âgées/ formation informatique/projet anti-gaspillage/paniers de noël/dépannage alimentaire/cuisines collectives et communautaires/comptoir vêtements/impôts formulaires divers/courses/accompagnement médico-chirurgicaux/aide pour électricité chauffage et scolaire/corvées/soins palliatifs/animation/tricots/répit-gardiennage/télé-bonjour/prêt d'équipements/visite d'amitiés/te. Sécurisants/info-stop/intégration des communautés. Soutien aux organismes: aide technique/recrutement/prêt de locaux/bab…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $982K | $695K | — | $1,225 | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $919K | $661K | — | $1,230 | $846K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $892K | $629K | — | $4,694 | $668K |
| 2021 | $943K | $751K | $469K | — | — | $507K |
| 2020 | $578K | $534K | $317K | — | — | $315K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,225 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $6,997 from 3 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$4,050
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,723
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,224
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
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$432K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yves Barabé (président); Yannick Dourthe (vice-président); Jocelyne Desgagné (administrateur); Jacques Lequin (trésorier); Alain Riel (secrétaire); Ugo Tanguay (administrateur); Frédérick Bonner (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre d'Action Bénévole de Farnham Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118845080RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.