La Messe Basse
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 801207481RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($442,138) as filed with the CRA.
La Messe Basse is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 $412K in revenue and $442K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Dédiée aux créations qui explorent les matériaux inédits au théatre décloissonant la pratique théatrale conventionnelle au canad et a l'étranger.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2024–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $412K | $442K | $394K | — | — | $223K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maxime Carbonneau (administrateur); Dany Boudreault (vice-président); Jérémie Boucher (administrateur); Laurence Dauphinais (administrateur); Emmanuelle Kirouac-Sanche (administrateur); Jad Barsoum (président); Benoit Malette (sécrétaire); Tamar Kalaidjian (trésorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Messe Basse’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801207481RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.