Comptoir alimentaire l'essentiel de Lavaltrie
Publicly funded institution · Lavaltrie, Quebec · BN 847172525RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($259,562) as filed with the CRA.
Comptoir alimentaire l'essentiel de Lavaltrie is a charitable organization based in Lavaltrie, 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 $255K in revenue and $260K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,000.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $150K in 2020 to $255K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Assurer une disribution hebdomadaire alimentaire ainsi qu'un service de dépannage alimentaire selon les besoins service d'accueil d'écoute et de référence vers les ressources appropriées
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $255K | $260K | $217K | — | — | $188K |
| 2023 | $269K | $245K | $223K | — | — | $192K |
| 2022 | $340K | $280K | $254K | — | — | $168K |
| 2021 | $355K | $282K | $242K | — | — | $108K |
| 2020 | $150K | $142K | $93K | — | — | $35K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$95K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Louisa Gariepy (secrétaire); Marc-André Bernier (trésorier); Denis Roy (président); Pierre Clément (vice président).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comptoir alimentaire l'essentiel de Lavaltrie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847172525RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.