Cirque Hors Piste
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 850574047RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,387,683) as filed with the CRA.
Cirque Hors Piste is a charitable organization based in Montreal, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,895.
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 62% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $674K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Cirque hors piste- est un organisme montréalais dédié au cirque social qui offre un espace alternatif et inclusif de création aux personnes ayant un parcours de vie marginalisé. L'organisme favorise l'apprentissage individuel social et collectif par le biais des arts du cirque. Les actions de l'organisme sont divisés en 5 volets: - ateliers ambulants: outreach auprès de jeunes en situation d'itinérance - créations collectives: programme de pré-employabilité auprès de jeunes en situation d'itinérance - services créatifs: création d'animations - cirkaskina: actions nationales et échanges jeune…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $59K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $112K |
| 2022 | $912K | $890K | — | — | — | $141K |
| 2021 | $838K | $759K | $653K | $54 | — | $172K |
| 2020 | $674K | $634K | $540K | $6,555 | — | $39K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,895 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 positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$775K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandhia Vadlamudy (présidente); Yves Guérin (trésorier); Gil Favreau (vice président); Céline Lavallé (secrétaire); Éric Joly (administrateur); Éloïse Guillemette (représentante des em); Aline Patcheva (administratrice); Lian Galarneau-Raymond (représentant.e partic); Tristan Delorme (administrateur); Michael Houle; Sabrina Paliotti.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cirque Hors Piste’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850574047RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.