Horizon-Nature Bas-Saint-Laurent
Publicly funded institution · Rimouski, Quebec · BN 713297893RR0001 · Environment
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($190,063) as filed with the CRA.
Horizon-Nature Bas-Saint-Laurent is a charitable organization based in Rimouski, Quebec, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 $199K in revenue and $190K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $60K.
Compared with 83 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $66K in 2020 to $199K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Conservation de la biodiversité du bas-saint-laurent notamment par l'acquisition de milieux naturels.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $199K | $190K | $162K | — | — | $57K |
| 2023 | $120K | $129K | $109K | — | — | $49K |
| 2022 | $165K | $144K | $116K | — | — | $40K |
| 2021 | $24K | $20K | $19K | — | — | $18K |
| 2020 | $66K | $59K | $58K | — | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $60K from 1 charity:
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean-François Girard; Émilien Pelletier (secr.); Marc-André Poirier; Nathalie Lewis; David Coulombe (prés.); Marylène Ricard; Julie Pelletier; Françoise Bruaux (v-prés.); Alexander Reford (très.).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Horizon-Nature Bas-Saint-Laurent’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 713297893RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.