Groupe Paradoxe
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 892640061RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,914,737) as filed with the CRA.
Groupe Paradoxe is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,924.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions 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 80% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Groupe paradoxe entreprise d'insertion socioprofessionnelle oeuvrant dans le domaine de la formation spécialisé dans le domaine de l'audiovisuel ainsi que la formation d'assemblage et démontage des équipements de scène groupe paradoxe préconise un modèle de formation par expérimentaiton qui s'addresse à des jeunes en majorité prestataires de l'assistance emploi et n'ayant pas complété leur cinquième secondaire
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $24K | — | $6.5M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $15K | — | $10.5M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $30K | — | -$1M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $877 | — | -$1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | -$1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,924 from 2 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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Armand Fichaud (président); Michel Bearegard (vice-président); Nicholas Teasdale (trésorier); Maryse Sauvé (administrateur); Catherine Doyle (administrateur); Isabelle Hébert (repr. des employés); Gérald ST-Georges (directeur général); Emilie Evans (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Groupe Paradoxe’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892640061RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.