Croquarium
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 812160075RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($776,788) as filed with the CRA.
Croquarium is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 $679K in revenue and $777K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $679K | $777K | $568K | — | — | $260K |
| 2023 | $743K | $776K | $511K | $7,912 | — | $358K |
| 2022 | $916K | $806K | $509K | — | — | $391K |
| 2021 | $795K | $687K | $423K | — | — | $281K |
| 2020 | $839K | $752K | $488K | — | — | $173K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $27K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$552K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christine Ouellet (présidente); Hélène Gayraud (administratrice); Marie Watiez (secrétaire); Josiane Rioux-Collin (administratrice); Jean-François Comeau (administrateur); Jessika Giard-Langlois.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Croquarium’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812160075RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.