La Maison des Tournesols
Publicly funded institution · Mont-Joli, Quebec · BN 119004216RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($402,666) as filed with the CRA.
La Maison des Tournesols is a charitable organization based in Mont-Joli, 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 $400K in revenue and $403K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $400K | $403K | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $437K | $434K | — | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $341K | $330K | — | — | — | $68K |
| 2021 | $322K | $303K | $271K | — | — | $57K |
| 2020 | $287K | $278K | $263K | — | — | $38K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$270K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Lison Lacroix (présidente); Monelle Proulx (administratrice); Daniel Béland (administrateur); Jean-Luc Morin (trésorier); Sylvain Gagnon (administrateur); Micheline Vaillancourt (vice présidente); Éric Fournier (administrateur); Gisèle Rioux (administrateur); André Deschênes.
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Maison des Tournesols’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119004216RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.