Centre S.C.A.M.A. (centre de services communautaires et d'aide au maintien de l'autonomie)
Publicly funded institution · Laval, Quebec · BN 119209377RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,448,368) as filed with the CRA.
Centre S.C.A.M.A. (centre de services communautaires et d'aide au maintien de l'autonomie) is a private foundation based in Laval, 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 $1.6M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $125K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $938K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Services de maintien à domicile: popote roulante du lundi au jeudi et centre communautaire offrant un programme d'activiés et de loisirs dîniers communautaires et sorites de groupe. Service d'appels et visites d'amitié soutien psychosocial aves des bénévoles.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $568K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $430K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $942K | — | — | $427K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1M | $819K | — | — | $367K |
| 2020 | $938K | $935K | $916K | $64 | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $125K from 3 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$795K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Natalie Charron (présidente); Marlyne Morin (administrateur); Sophie Talon Bergeron (trésorier); Karine Mikaelyan (administrateur); Alberto Georgian Mihut (administateur); Line Boudreault (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre S.C.A.M.A. (centre de services communautaires et d'aide au maintien de l'autonomie)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119209377RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.