La Fondation Communautaire de l'Estrie
Public foundation · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 861419083RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($579,824) as filed with the CRA.
La Fondation Communautaire de l'Estrie is a public foundation based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $580K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $384K in 2024, the largest being $225K to Orford Musique / Orford Music. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $395K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Détention de placements en vue de distribuer ces revenus pour les fins de bienfaisance. Création de fonds de dotation et de fonds sous-gestion. Participation au programme de mécénat placements culture par le passé.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $580K | — | — | $384K | $8.9M |
| 2023 | $880K | $242K | — | — | $78K | $7.3M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $182K | — | — | $86K | $6.6M |
| 2021 | $395K | $149K | — | — | $59K | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $395K | $152K | — | — | $89K | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $384K to 19 qualified donees:
- Orford Musique / Orford Music$225K
- Corporation de Conservation du Boise de Johnville Inc.$55K
- Fondation du camp musical d'Asbestos Inc.$33K
- Handi Apte$15K
- Fondation Nature Memphremagog Memphremagog Nature Foundation$8,205
- Centraide Estrie (conseil Régional de Bien-Être de Sherbrooke)$6,765
- Nourri-Source Estrie$5,000
- Fondation Gilles Daoust$5,000
- Les Soupapes de la Bonne Humeur Inc$5,000
- Appalachian Corridor / Corridor Appalachien$4,172
- Autisme Estrie$3,440
- L'Association pour l'hébergement des personnes handicapées de la M.R.C. du Granit$3,440
- Etincelles de bonheur du Haut Saint-François$3,440
- La Maison Cameleon de l'Estrie Inc.$3,440
- Espace M$2,663
- Fondation pour la sauvegarde des écosystèmes du territoire de la Haute-Yamaska$1,669
- Conservation des Vallons de la Serpentine$1,432
- Association de Conservation de la Nature de Stukely-Sud$1,424
- Association de Conservation du Mont Echo (acme) / Mont Echo Conservation Association (meca)$613
Received $13K from 3 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$87K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Véronique Bisaillon (présidente); Robin Poulin-Lemieux (vice-président); Nicolas Morissette (administrateur); Ian Brazeau (administrateur); Élisabeth Lécuyer (administratrice); Jocelyn Morin (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Fondation Communautaire de l'Estrie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861419083RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.