Co-Savoir
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 131689911RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,489,377) as filed with the CRA.
Co-Savoir is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $840K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Le développement l'organisation et la gestion d'un centre de documentation dans les domaines de la condition féminine et de l'éducation des adultes y compris l'alphabétisation; -l'accès public à cette documentation et la promotion de son utilisation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $680K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $967K | — | — | $507K |
| 2022 | $999K | $963K | $839K | — | — | $441K |
| 2021 | $829K | $789K | $655K | — | — | $404K |
| 2020 | $840K | $809K | $688K | — | — | $365K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $12K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacinthe Jacques (vice-président); Marie Martel (administratrice); Élise Ross-Nadié (présidente); Anne ST-Cerny (trésoriére); Allison Harvey (administratrice); Émillie Tremblay (secretaire); Emmanuelle Chaloux (administratrice); Geneviéve Dorais-Beauregard (administratrice); Lise Chovigno (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Co-Savoir’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131689911RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.