La maison des mots des Basses-Laurentides
Publicly funded institution · Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec · BN 895176535RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($237,572) as filed with the CRA.
La maison des mots des Basses-Laurentides is a charitable organization based in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $227K in revenue and $238K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Sensibiliser les intervenants et la population à la problématique et à la situation des personnes analphabètes malentendantes et sourdes. L'organisme offre des ateliers de : lecture écritures calcul alpha cuisine éducation populaire insertion social et au travail
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $227K | $238K | $215K | $19K | — | $76K |
| 2023 | $216K | $265K | $248K | $12K | — | $86K |
| 2022 | $219K | $174K | $166K | $2,857 | — | $136K |
| 2021 | $194K | $160K | $151K | $4,410 | — | $91K |
| 2020 | $165K | $184K | $158K | — | — | $57K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 2 charities:
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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$178K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Serge Lageux (administrateur); Luce Lafrenière (présidente); Diane Sagala (trésorière); Alexandre Lecours (administrateur); Charles Durocher (vice-président); Joannie Laferièrre (représentante des empl); Ilham Gaudreau (coordonatrice non votant); Robert Jacques (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La maison des mots des Basses-Laurentides’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895176535RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.