La Cite des Mots
Publicly funded institution · Shawinigan, Quebec · BN 888635257RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($219,538) as filed with the CRA.
La Cite des Mots is a charitable organization based in Shawinigan, 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 $215K in revenue and $220K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,800.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Pour les personnes en difficulté d'apprentissage offrir des activités afin d'améliorer leur condition de vie sensibiliser la population animer des ateliers d'alphabétisation et d'éducation populaire cuisine collective....
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $215K | $220K | $206K | — | — | $84K |
| 2023 | $214K | $218K | $208K | — | — | $89K |
| 2022 | $222K | $212K | $219K | — | — | $92K |
| 2021 | $204K | $190K | $185K | — | — | $122K |
| 2020 | $154K | $166K | $162K | — | — | $69K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,800 from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$166K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jules Buisson (président); Yvon Garceau (vice-président); Colette Gélinas (secrétaire trésorière); Nicole Crête (administratrice); Gino Dethomasis (administrateur); Karine Buisson (administratrice); Ginette Robert; Isabelle Mongrain (coordonatrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Cite des Mots’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888635257RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.