Centre Jeunesse 'Le Trait d'Union'
Publicly funded institution · Cowansville, Quebec · BN 136969987RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($346,551) as filed with the CRA.
Centre Jeunesse 'Le Trait d'Union' is a charitable organization based in Cowansville, 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 $410K in revenue and $347K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27K.
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 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $202K in 2020 to $410K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Accueil et écoute accompagnement travail de rue exploitation d'un centre pour les jeunes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $410K | $347K | $233K | — | — | $406K |
| 2023 | $354K | $203K | $170K | — | — | $343K |
| 2022 | $337K | $301K | — | — | — | $187K |
| 2021 | $261K | $233K | $206K | — | — | $151K |
| 2020 | $202K | $175K | $147K | — | — | $123K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $27K from 2 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$240K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrick Cote (vice-président); Annie Leclrec (secretaire); Shawn-Marie Dawson (administrateur); Josiane Whitton (présidente); Melissa Therrien (trésorière).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre Jeunesse 'Le Trait d'Union'’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136969987RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.