Connexion Nature
Charitable organization · Mont-ST-Hilaire, Quebec · BN 119045318RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,864,791) as filed with the CRA.
Connexion Nature is a charitable organization based in Mont-ST-Hilaire, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $433K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
L'organisme à vocation deconservation représentant désigné (unesco) pour le territoire de la réserve de biosphère. La mission de l'organisme est de protéger restaurer et encourager la découverte des milieux naturels de la réserve de biosphère du mont-saint-hilaire et oeuvrer à créer des collectivités dynamiques viables et plus naturelles.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $945K | — | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $433K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Luc Robillard (vice-président); Hugo Mimee (administrateur); François Lacroix (président); Sophie Boyer (administratrice); Bruno Bussiéres (administrateur); Carmen Giroux (administratrice); Ekaterina Shenkova (administratrice); Estelle Bouchard (administratrice); Catherine Lapointe (administratrice); Brigitte Borduas (trésorière); Robert Favreau (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Connexion Nature’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119045318RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.