La Fondation Québécoise pour l'alphabétisation
Charitable organization · Verdun, Quebec · BN 130915713RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,263,671) as filed with the CRA.
La Fondation Québécoise pour l'alphabétisation is a charitable organization based in Verdun, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations, 45% from government. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $409K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
L'objectif de l'organisme est que chaque personne puisse acquérir la capacité de comprendre et d'utiliser l'information écruite afin de parfaire ses connaissance accroître son potentiel et se réaliser pleinement. L'organisme possède des mandats spécifiques de référence de prévention de soutien aux organisations de sensibilisation et de financement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.3M | $1.5M | — | — | $622K |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.3M | $1.7M | — | — | $811K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | — | $558K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $409K from 17 charities:
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$243K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$50K
- Fondation Desjardins$41K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$38K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$22K
- Fondation Famille Léger$5,000
- Fondation Carmand Normand$3,750
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,031
- Fondation Luc Maurice$950
- Centre de services scolaire Marie-Victorin$771
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$660
- Canadahelps Canadon$478
- Fédération de l'Âge d'Or du Québec$350
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$200
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$100
- Fondation des Soeurs de Saint-Joseph de Saint-Hyacinthe—
- Soeurs de Sainte-Croix—
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$658K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alain Courchesne (vice-président); André D'Orsonnens (administrateur); Marie-Ève Gingras (administrateur); Jacques Girard (administrateur); Louise Guillemette-Labory (secrétaire); André Huberdeau (président); Félix Laporte (trésorier); Patrick Lutzy (administrateur); Alexis Martin (administrateur); Corinne Payne (administrateur); Marie B. Deschamps (administrateur); Jonathan Tessier (administrateur); Chantal Lamoureux (administrateur); Michel Rochette (administrateur); Stéphane Rivet (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Fondation Québécoise pour l'alphabétisation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130915713RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.