Groupe d'action sur le poids équilibre
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 127776235RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,150,666) as filed with the CRA.
Groupe d'action sur le poids équilibre is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $704K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Mise en oeuvre de 5 campagnes sociétales: prix équilibre semaine sans diète semaine «le poids? Sans commentairel» être au-delà du paraître «la grossophobie ça suffit!» diffusion des ateliers du programme «bien dans sa tête bien dans sa peau» dans les écoles primaire et secondaire du québec formations et outils de sensibilisation pour les professionnels de la santé et des services sociaux ainsi que pour les intervenants des milieux de la petite enfance communautaire et scolaire
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $805K | — | — | $411K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $701K | — | — | $375K |
| 2022 | $644K | $585K | $410K | — | — | $351K |
| 2021 | $813K | $791K | $530K | — | — | $293K |
| 2020 | $704K | $719K | $482K | — | — | $271K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$526K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacqueline Tardif (vice-présidente); Jacques Sauvageau (trésorier); Joanie Pietracupa (secrétaire); Annie Langlois (administratrice); Nathalie Rolland (administratrice); Daphnée Legault (administratrice); Brigitte Carbonneau (administratrice); Marie-Claude Gendron (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Groupe d'action sur le poids équilibre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 127776235RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.