La lueur du phare de Lanaudière
Publicly funded institution · Joliette, Quebec · BN 134715887RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($613,807) as filed with the CRA.
La lueur du phare de Lanaudière is a charitable organization based in Joliette, 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 $601K in revenue and $614K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $120.
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 38% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $395K in 2020 to $601K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Service d'intervention téléphonique; rencontres individuelles; rencontres d'échange et conférence; service de répit; information et documentation; service de prêt de document; rencontres zoom.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $601K | $614K | $501K | — | — | $452K |
| 2023 | $567K | $514K | $405K | — | — | $465K |
| 2022 | $525K | $432K | $344K | — | — | $450K |
| 2021 | $699K | $394K | $357K | — | — | $357K |
| 2020 | $395K | $406K | $351K | — | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $120 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$400K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Manon Vaillancourt (présidente); Martin Éthier (administrateur); Hélène Sarrazin (trésorière); Frédéric Grondin (administrateur); Line Bédard (vice-présidente); Gilles Lavallée (administrateur); Isabelle Blanchet (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La lueur du phare de Lanaudière’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134715887RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.