Coté Scène
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 821117504RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($259,100) as filed with the CRA.
Coté Scène is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $309K in revenue and $259K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $200K in 2020 to $309K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Éduquer le public et l'aider à mieux comprendre et apprécier les arts de la scène par la présentation d'oeuvres artistiques tel que le théàtre et la danse en offrant des événements artistiques et des ateliers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $309K | $259K | $121K | — | — | $154K |
| 2023 | $225K | $227K | $120K | — | — | $105K |
| 2022 | $194K | $187K | $90K | — | — | $107K |
| 2021 | $157K | $149K | $65K | — | — | $100K |
| 2020 | $200K | $142K | $74K | — | — | $93K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $0 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$34K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sylvain Beauséjour (administrateur); Francine Châteauvert (secrétaire); Véronique Vigneault (administratrice); Catherine Melillo (présidente); Martin Lépine (administrateur); Maryse Domingue (trésorière); Denis Dupont (administrateur); Viviane Guimond (vice-présidente); Érika Tremblay-Roy (administratrice); Marilou Castonguay Sauriol (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Coté Scène’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821117504RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.