Comptoir Alimentaire l'Escale
Charitable organization · Baie-Comeau, Quebec · BN 894231893RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($346,662) as filed with the CRA.
Comptoir Alimentaire l'Escale is a charitable organization based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $584K in revenue and $347K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 16% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $69K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $280K in 2020 to $584K in 2024.
In its own words
Contrer la pauvreté en offrant une aide alimentaire aux personnes dans le besoin par diverses activités comme la grande cueillette et des activités de financement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $584K | $347K | $324K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $396K | $326K | $305K | — | — | $927K |
| 2022 | $422K | $293K | $184K | — | — | $855K |
| 2021 | $645K | $246K | $156K | — | — | $726K |
| 2020 | $280K | $205K | $135K | — | — | $327K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $69K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$113K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comptoir Alimentaire l'Escale’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894231893RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.