La Garderie Croque Soleil
Publicly funded institution · Kingston, Ontario · BN 897781779RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,583,169) as filed with the CRA.
La Garderie Croque Soleil is a charitable organization based in Kingston, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,979.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $898K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | — | — | $154K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $105K |
| 2022 | $828K | $1M | $999K | — | — | $92K |
| 2021 | $917K | $931K | — | — | — | $275K |
| 2020 | $898K | $895K | $850K | $28 | — | $290K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,979 from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Audrey Adams (director); Kelsay Lessard (director); Tammy Robinson (vice-president); Caroline Delorme (treasurer); Helene Gauvin (counselor); Janie Provencher (consellor); Chloe Asselin (president); Kevin Laperriere (secretary); Jessica Saraceno (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Garderie Croque Soleil’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897781779RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.