Écoute Estrie
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 119144178RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($392,652) as filed with the CRA.
Écoute Estrie is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $362K in revenue and $393K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $257.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Offrir un service d'écoute téléphonique pour les personnes ayant besoin de se confier ou ayant des idées suicidaires. Ligne d'écoute 24 heures par jour 7 jours par semaine. Formation continue aux bénévoles écoutant. Soutien adapté aux besoins des bénévoles.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $362K | $393K | $292K | $2,324 | $0 | $214K |
| 2023 | $340K | $371K | $254K | $24K | — | $245K |
| 2022 | $363K | $323K | $230K | $941 | — | $276K |
| 2021 | $444K | $290K | $189K | $16K | — | $236K |
| 2020 | $313K | $276K | $164K | $29K | — | $82K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $257 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$282K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Écoute Estrie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119144178RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.