Équiterre
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 894057132RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,391,822) as filed with the CRA.
Équiterre is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8.4M in revenue and $8.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 33% from government, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $729K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 65 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Mobilité et transport : nous faisons la promotion du transport actif collectif et partagé pour permettre à tout le monde d'effectuer ses déplacements sans recourir uniquement à la voiture solo. Nous initions des projets et des campagnes pour accélérer l'électrification des transports. Nous menons des projets visant à documenter le phénomène de surdimension des véhicules inciter le débat public et sensibiliser la population sur cet enjeu. Climat et énergie : nous faison des activités de sensibilisation pour le grand public dans le but de réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de s…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.4M | $8.4M | $5.1M | $1.5M | — | $3M |
| 2023 | $8.3M | $8.6M | $5M | $1.4M | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $7.9M | $8M | $4.8M | $1.3M | — | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $7.1M | $6.2M | $5.1M | $838K | — | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $4.5M | $3.5M | $735K | — | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $729K from 33 charities:
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$175K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$150K
- Environment Funders Canada$144K
- La Fondation Choquette-Legault$65K
- Fondation Famille François et Monique Bourgeo$50K
- Fondation Dufresne & Gauthier$25K
- The Victoria Foundation$22K
- Aqueduct Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$16K
- Makeway Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$11K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,500
- Conam Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,570
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,426
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$1,000
- Les Pères Prémontrés$750
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$517
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$500
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$445
- Centraide Québec Chaudière-Appalaches et Bas-Saint laurent$430
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$393
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$278
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions65
- Total compensation, all staff$5.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Claire Bolduc (administrateur); Charles Larochelle (président); Annie Chaloux (administrateur); David Kaiser (administrateur); Patricia Charest Mugwaneza (administrateur); Renaud Charest (secrétaire); Étienne Ladouceur (trésorier); Hugo Cordeau (administrateur); Isabelle Morin (administrateur); Simon Langevin-Ouellet (administrateur); Maia Voicu (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Équiterre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894057132RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.