Grains de Soleil Cote-Nord inc.
Publicly funded institution · Chutes-Aux-Outardes, Quebec · BN 140909557RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($328,164) as filed with the CRA.
Grains de Soleil Cote-Nord inc. is a charitable organization based in Chutes-Aux-Outardes, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $321K in revenue and $328K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,000.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $177K in 2020 to $321K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Organisme communautaire famille halte-garderie communautaire pothathèque (prêts et formation pour écharpes de portage de bébé) joujouthèque (prêts de jeux casse-tête et livres) ateliers de psychomotricité atelier de stimulation 3 ans et 4 ans ressourcements parentaux fêtes et rassemblements familiaux...etc
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $321K | $328K | $247K | $1,240 | — | $203K |
| 2023 | $302K | $265K | $225K | — | — | $82K |
| 2022 | $219K | $229K | $194K | $300 | — | $99K |
| 2021 | $256K | $222K | $156K | $250 | — | $109K |
| 2020 | $177K | $169K | $141K | $500 | — | $89K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$292K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Liza Martel (présidente); Célina Bouchard (trésorière); Audrey Gagnon-Bouchard (administratrice); Stéphanie Thibault (administratrice); Joanie Parisé (administratrice); Julie-Andrée Verville (administratrice); Masha ST-Pierre-Imbeault (administratrice); Sébastien Tremblay (administrateur); Karol-Ann Guillemette (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grains de Soleil Cote-Nord inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140909557RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.