Groupe d'entraide leGESTE
Charitable organization · Sorel-Tracy, Quebec · BN 876004318RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,916,830) as filed with the CRA.
Groupe d'entraide leGESTE is a charitable organization based in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 10% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $69K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Épicerie de quartier avec objectif de favoriser l'autonomie alimentaire chez les personnes/familles fragilisées économiquement rabais de 25% aux personnes les plus démunis offrir des aliments frais repas préparés et complets
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $69K | — | -$163K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $57K | — | $642K |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $2.4M | — | — | $505K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $949K | — | — | $276K |
| 2020 | $3M | $2.9M | $2.8M | — | — | $286K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $69K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$402K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Véronique Cyr (adm); Nadege Extermine; Richard Lanthier (président); Genevieve Paul (secrétaire); Martin Tessier (trésorier).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Groupe d'entraide leGESTE’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876004318RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.