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.
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.