Ecole de Musique du Bas ST-Laurent Inc
Publicly funded institution · Rimouski, Quebec · BN 140595976RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,289,871) as filed with the CRA.
Ecole de Musique du Bas ST-Laurent Inc is a charitable organization based in Rimouski, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $998K in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $285K in 2024, the largest being $285K to Fondation de l'Ecole de Musique du Bas-Saint-Laurent Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Formation musicale théorique et instrumentale préparation des élèves et organisation de récitals bourses d'excellence et méritas programme d'éveil musical en garderie
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $998K | $1.3M | $838K | — | $285K | $307K |
| 2023 | $1M | $999K | $820K | — | $19K | $598K |
| 2022 | $915K | $901K | $751K | — | — | $554K |
| 2021 | $855K | $820K | $655K | — | $14K | $540K |
| 2020 | $836K | $795K | $651K | — | — | $487K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $285K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $40K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$744K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
André Gagnon (président); Michelle Noël (administratrice); Louis-Marie Rouleau (vice-président); Élisabeth Beaudoin (secrétaire); Christine Bujold (trésorière); Françoise Dubé (administratrice); Marie-Micheline Dubé (administratrice); Marie-Claude Côté (administratrice); Gilles Tremblay (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ecole de Musique du Bas ST-Laurent Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140595976RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.