Diffusion avant scène
Publicly funded institution · Saint-Romuald, Quebec · BN 852778273RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($852,626) as filed with the CRA.
Diffusion avant scène is a charitable organization based in Saint-Romuald, Quebec, classified by the CRA under 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $825K in revenue and $853K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $381K in 2020 to $825K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Avancement de l'education en eouquant le public dans les arts par le developpement de l'esthtirme en charge des représentation artivitques en organisant de la formation sur des sujets pelatifs aux arts visuels rpectalle
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $825K | $853K | $762K | — | — | $622K |
| 2023 | $725K | $731K | $654K | — | — | $691K |
| 2022 | $699K | $647K | $599K | — | — | $406K |
| 2021 | $618K | $524K | $236K | — | — | $639K |
| 2020 | $381K | $271K | $221K | — | — | $260K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$360K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Claude Paquet (président); Marie-Claude Seguin (trésorière); Stéphane Thériault (vice-président); Marie-Eve Malenfant (secrétaire); Jacques Robitaille (administrateur); Michel Turcotte (adminsitrateur); Nathalie ST-Pierre (adminsitratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Diffusion avant scène’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852778273RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.