Circuit-Est
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 128441953RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,161,245) as filed with the CRA.
Circuit-Est is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $250.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $575 in 2024, the largest being $100 to Theatre la Chapelle Inc. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Promouvoir la danse et favoriser le développement des activités qui lui sont reliées location de studios destinés au secteur de la danse contemporaine à prix modique activités de perfectionnement professionnel pour les artistes de la danse
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1M | — | $575 | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $998K | $6,660 | $500 | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $869K | — | $725 | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $970K | $825K | — | $600 | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $992K | $845K | — | $639 | $968K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $575 to 6 qualified donees:
- Theatre la Chapelle Inc$100
- L'Agora de la Danse$100
- Le Carre des Lombes$100
- Festival Transameriques$100
- Danse Danse$100
- Danse-Cité Inc.$75
Received $250 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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$503K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marie-Paule Giguère (administratrice); Frédérick Gravel (vice-président); Marie Bèland (administratrice); Martin Boisjoly (président); Julia Cyboran (administratrice); Francine Gagné (administratrice); Marie-Claude Gauthier (administratrice); Mélanie Charbonneau (secrétaire-trésorière); Evanne Souchette (administratrice); Mélanie Demers (administratrice); François Bellefeuille (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Circuit-Est’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128441953RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.