Centre des Femmes-Lennoxville et environs
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 130751332RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($295,874) as filed with the CRA.
Centre des Femmes-Lennoxville et environs is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, 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 $360K in revenue and $296K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 85% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $7,000.
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 11% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provides assistance to women in need by offering them support in person or by telephone and inform consultation and referral services. We alleviate poverty among these women by offering them community kitchens and outings in order to break their isolation. We offer training and life skill courses that help these women in need including those with limited employment oppourtunities to be reintegrated into the workforce. We releive poverty by providing food and other basic items.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $360K | $296K | $179K | — | — | $112K |
| 2023 | $392K | $352K | $254K | — | — | $47K |
| 2022 | $359K | $354K | $255K | — | — | $7,146 |
| 2021 | $313K | $292K | $206K | — | — | $2,520 |
| 2020 | $301K | $301K | $94K | — | — | -$19K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,000 from 1 charity:
- The Foundation Office.ca$7,000
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$153K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Garfat (administrator); Brenda Hartwell (vice-president); Monika Mitchell (administrator); Deborah Noble (secretary-treasurer); Melanie Filion (president); Joanne Anderson (administrator); Kassandra Gilmour (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre des Femmes-Lennoxville et environs’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130751332RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.