Centre d'Intervention en Hortitherapie les Serres de Clara
Publicly funded institution · ST-Jerome, Quebec · BN 138192109RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($340,578) as filed with the CRA.
Centre d'Intervention en Hortitherapie les Serres de Clara is a charitable organization based in ST-Jerome, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $346K in revenue and $341K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government, 20% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72K.
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 86% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $183K in 2020 to $346K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Permettre aux familles et personnes vivant de l'insécurité alimentaire et économique et/ou de problèmes psycho-sociaux d'accroître leur santé et leur autonomie par le biais du jardinage collectif et des cuisines collectives. Notre projet de jardinage collectif vise à assurer aux personnes ou aux familles vivant des difficultés alimentaires et socio-économiques un accès direct à des fruits et légumes en échange de leur participation au jardin. Par la formation et les activités de jardinage offertes l'acquisition de compétences horticoles propres à augmenter leur autonomie alimentaire est faci…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $346K | $341K | $329K | — | — | $91K |
| 2023 | $322K | $329K | $320K | — | — | $85K |
| 2022 | $346K | $299K | $290K | — | — | $92K |
| 2021 | $263K | $234K | $225K | — | — | $45K |
| 2020 | $183K | $194K | $185K | — | — | $16K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $72K from 2 charities:
- Centraide Laurentides$70K
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,004
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$223K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Line Chaloux (présidente); Antoine Malouin (trésorier); Michel Prévost (secrétaire); Dominique Guénette (administrateur); Chantal Bilodeau (administrateur); Karine Théorêt (directrice générale); Marie-France Lalancette (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre d'Intervention en Hortitherapie les Serres de Clara’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138192109RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.