Fondation communautaire du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Public foundation · Chicoutimi, Quebec · BN 834782286RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($269,097) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation communautaire du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean is a public foundation based in Chicoutimi, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $625K in revenue and $269K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $93K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. 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 8 qualified donees totalling $76K in 2024, the largest being $31K to Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac ST-Jean Inc.. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $625K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Promouvoir la philanthropie notamment par la création de fonds de dotation et l'attribution d'aides financières. Gère des fonds qui lui sont confiés à des fins de gestion
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $625K | $269K | — | — | $76K | $4.5M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $611K | — | — | $447K | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $396K | $292K | — | — | $155K | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $1M | $229K | — | — | $111K | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.1M | $978K | — | $71K | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $76K to 8 qualified donees:
- Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac ST-Jean Inc.$31K
- Musee du Fjord$21K
- Centraide Saguenay-Lac-ST-Jean Inc.$15K
- Centre de Ressources pour Hommes Optimum Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean$3,450
- Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan$2,000
- La Fondation de l'Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi Inc.$2,000
- Maison d'Accueil pour Sans-Abri de Chicoutimi$925
- Centre d'Écoute et de Prévention du Suicide 02$625
Received $93K 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$120K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marc Beaulieu (secrétaire); Lou-Anne Frigon (administrateur); Marie-Lou Gagnon-Bouchard (trésorière); Francis Gauthier (administrateur); Benoit Lavoie (administrateur); Louis Mercier (administrateur); Pierre-Albert Potvin (président); Martin ST-Pierre (administrateur); André Blackburn (vice-président); Mario Fortin (administrateur); Josée Bourassa (administrateur); Valérie Gilbert (administrateur); Marc-André Claveau (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation communautaire du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834782286RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.