La Lueur de l'Espoir du Bas Saint-Laurent Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Rimouski, Quebec · BN 890607898RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($564,522) as filed with the CRA.
La Lueur de l'Espoir du Bas Saint-Laurent Inc. is a charitable organization based in Rimouski, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $532K in revenue and $565K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
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 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $317K in 2020 to $532K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Services et groupes de soutien en santé mentale
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $532K | $565K | $423K | — | — | $85K |
| 2023 | $443K | $488K | $411K | — | — | $117K |
| 2022 | $385K | $365K | $313K | — | — | $162K |
| 2021 | $399K | $327K | $269K | — | — | $142K |
| 2020 | $317K | $307K | $262K | — | — | $71K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$446K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicole Roux (trésorière); Manon ST-Laurent (vice-présidente); Marie Lemoine (secrétaire); Kina Dionne (présidente); Pierre Parenteau (administrateur); Robin Dumais (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Lueur de l'Espoir du Bas Saint-Laurent Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890607898RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.