Centre de solidarité lesbienne (CSL)
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 893639260RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($487,996) as filed with the CRA.
Centre de solidarité lesbienne (CSL) is a charitable organization based in Montreal, 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 $537K in revenue and $488K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
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 46% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $270K in 2020 to $537K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Intervention et sensibilisation en violence conjugale chez les lesbiennes suivis individuels groupe de soutien au coming out groupe d'entraide 55 an et + ateliers d'éducation et conférences activités sociales
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $537K | $488K | $415K | — | — | $106K |
| 2023 | $417K | $417K | $354K | — | — | $57K |
| 2022 | $359K | $349K | $296K | — | — | $56K |
| 2021 | $277K | $264K | $224K | — | — | $46K |
| 2020 | $270K | $258K | $219K | — | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $37K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$383K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ellen Adams (administratrice); Anne Charbonneau (secrétaire); Monique Dumoulin (administratrice); Lise Fortier (trésorier); Marie Guertin (administratrice); Claire Laberge (président); Audrey Mantha (coordinatrice générale).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre de solidarité lesbienne (CSL)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893639260RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.