La Porte Ouverte (Centre d'alphabetisation et de francisation du Haut-Richelieu)
Publicly funded institution · ST-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec · BN 102971892RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($309,223) as filed with the CRA.
La Porte Ouverte (Centre d'alphabetisation et de francisation du Haut-Richelieu) is a charitable organization based in ST-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $279K in revenue and $309K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $938.
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 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Pacte centre du livre usagé immeuble administration projet carrière projet langue projet agri-carrière
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $279K | $309K | $208K | $48K | — | $163K |
| 2023 | $279K | $313K | $226K | $50K | — | $194K |
| 2022 | $223K | $222K | $126K | $60K | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $192K | $156K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $196K | $159K | — | — | — | $191K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $938 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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$247K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Salvatore Montana (vice-président); Yvan Deshaies (président); Patrice Dumoulin (trésorier); Lucie Vachon (administratrice); Claudia Miriam Guzman Molina (administratrice); Claire-Andrèe Leclerc (administratrice); Manon Tremblay (dir. générale secrétair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Porte Ouverte (Centre d'alphabetisation et de francisation du Haut-Richelieu)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 102971892RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.