Centre Regional de Services aux Bibliotheques Publiques de l'Estrie Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 106792443RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,075,505) as filed with the CRA.
Centre Regional de Services aux Bibliotheques Publiques de l'Estrie Inc. is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% 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 $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Développer dans les localités de moins de 5000 habitants un réseau de bibliothèques publiques. Promouvoir toute activité reliée au fonctionnement d'une bibliothèque publique et encourager et soutenir des programmes de formation d'information et de développement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $5.6M |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $958K | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $1M | $925K | $860K | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $1M | $851K | $791K | — | — | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $941K | $854K | $792K | — | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$549K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joëlle Thivierge (directrice générale); Nathalie Lemaire (vice-présidente); Jasmine Marcotte (présidente); Lyne Corriveau (vice-présidente); Nathalie Champoux (administrateur); Sylvie Lemonde (administrateur); Cécile Laliberté (secrétaire trésorière); Roxanne Rouleau (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre Regional de Services aux Bibliotheques Publiques de l'Estrie Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106792443RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.