Fondation de la Cité de l'énergie
Publicly funded institution · Shawinigan, Quebec · BN 889296570RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($57,113) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation de la Cité de l'énergie is a public foundation based in Shawinigan, 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 $137K in revenue and $57K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $23K in 2022, the largest being $23K to La Cité de l'Energie inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $45K in 2020 to $137K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Assurer la qualité et la pérennité des expositions de la cité de l'énergie.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $137K | $57K | $53K | — | — | $69K |
| 2023 | $1,255 | $71 | — | — | — | $47K |
| 2022 | $24K | $23K | — | — | $23K | $45K |
| 2021 | $45K | $17K | $17K | — | — | $28K |
| 2020 | $45K | — | — | — | — | $44K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $23K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$52K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mario Lachance (président); Régis Boily (administrateur); France Brisson (vice-présidente); Michel Paillé (secrétaire-trésorier); René Jobin (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation de la Cité de l'énergie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889296570RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.