Fondation Chelsea
Publicly funded institution · Chelsea, Quebec · BN 867748469RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,586,898) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Chelsea is a charitable organization based in Chelsea, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $2.5M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $139K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% 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 $552K in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Management of meredith center with accord of the municipality. Provide fitness programs day camps pre-school and after school programs soccer dance and learn-to-skate programs first aid-and safety programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $1.6M | $825K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $685K | — | — | $736K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $517K | — | — | $687K |
| 2021 | $811K | $713K | $606K | — | — | $482K |
| 2020 | $552K | $546K | $464K | — | — | $385K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $139K from 4 charities:
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$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mikhael Bourassa; Jamie Collins (director); Amanda Degrace (general manager); Fiona Duguid; Kirby Kirvan; Lucie Labelle; Sylvie Menange; Gilles Montsion (secretary); Peter Sudermann (treasurer); Rick Traer (vice president); Enrico Valente (municipal representative); Louis Verret; John Wins-Purdy.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Chelsea’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867748469RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.