Ecole Nationale de l'Humour / National Comedy School
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 135104651RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,414,329) as filed with the CRA.
Ecole Nationale de l'Humour / National Comedy School is a charitable organization based in Montreal, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $194K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Les programmes de formation offerts à l'enh: techniques d'écriture humoristique nrc.06 techniques de création humoristique 901.96
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.2M | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | $155K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $194K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$900K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christine Pouliot (trésorière); Constance Raymond (administratrice); Louise Richer (administratrice); Luc Tremblay (administrateur); Vincent Fortin (administrateur); Josée Charland (administratrice); Philippe Lamarre (administrateur); Sophie Ducharme (présidente); Benjamin Phaneuf (vice-président); Francois Bellefeuille (amdinistrateur); Gaetan Namouric (administrateur); Suzane Landry (administrateur); Ryma Loudi (administrateur); Francois Rioux (adminstrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ecole Nationale de l'Humour / National Comedy School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135104651RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.