Fondation communautaire Bas-Saint-Laurent - Gaspésie - Les îles
Public foundation · Maria, Quebec · BN 881372726RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,067,942) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation communautaire Bas-Saint-Laurent - Gaspésie - Les îles is a public foundation based in Maria, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.3M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 20% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $311K in 2024, the largest being $72K to Musée de la Gaspésie. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $644K in 2020 to $4.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Aider le secteur communautaire (éducation santé environnement sports culture arts religions etc.). Elle a comme priorité d'aider les organismes régionaux dont le but est de freiner l'exode des jeunes de la région bas saint laurent gaspésie les îles.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3M | $2.1M | $1.4M | $31K | $311K | $22.7M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $940K | $293K | $290K | $275K | $20.5M |
| 2022 | $5.3M | $876K | $294K | $69K | $282K | $20M |
| 2021 | $5.7M | $1.3M | $928K | $69K | $113K | $15.5M |
| 2020 | $644K | $667K | $302K | $37K | $138K | $11.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, March 31, 2024
- Investment income$2,444,206
- Receipted donations$885,929
- From other charities$55,201
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $311K to 23 qualified donees:
- Musée de la Gaspésie$72K
- Fondation de la Société Historique de la Gaspésie$58K
- Fondation Cornelius Brotherton$33K
- Musee de la Riviere Cascapedia/cascapedia River Museum$26K
- La fondation de la maison René-Lévesque$25K
- Village en chanson de Petite-Vallée$25K
- Fondation Gerard-D.-Levesque$23K
- La Societe Alzheimer Gaspesie et Iles de la Madeleine Inc$11K
- Musée acadien du Québec$7,995
- Fondation Musée Militaire Baie des Chaleurs/bay Chaleur Military Museum$6,847
- Base plein air de Bellefeuille$5,020
- Fondation Santé Baie-des-Chaleurs$4,787
- Musee de la Riviere Cascapedia/cascapedia River Museum$2,272
- Site Historique du Banc-De-Paspebiac Inc.$2,051
- Fondation Étudiante New Richmond$1,951
- École de Cirque des Îles$1,583
- La corporation du musée régional de Rimouski Inc.$1,387
- École de Musique MI-La-Ré-Sol Inc.$1,115
- Maison d'Aide et d'Hebergement l'Aid'elle Inc$909
- Musee de la Mer Inc.$867
- Ecole de Musique du Temiscouata$425
- L'Arrimage Centre de traitement des dépendances$212
- Ressource d'Aide aux Personnes Handicapees du Bas ST-Laurent/gaspesie/iles-De-La-Madeleine$186
Received $26K from 3 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$109K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre Harvey (président); Danny Lepage (administrateur); Fabrice Bourque (administrateur); Gilles Tremblay (administrateur); Gabriel Gagnon (administrateur); Andrée-Claude Perry (administratrice); Audrey Plouffe (administratrice); Robert Sumarah (trésorier); Daniel Bénéteau (secrétaire); Louis Bigaouette (administrateur); José Arsenault (administrateur); Anne Duret (administratrice); Julie Boyer (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation communautaire Bas-Saint-Laurent - Gaspésie - Les îles’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881372726RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.