La Ruche Saint-Damien
Publicly funded institution · Saint-Damien de Brandon, Quebec · BN 878572569RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($246,050) as filed with the CRA.
La Ruche Saint-Damien is a charitable organization based in Saint-Damien de Brandon, 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 $354K in revenue and $246K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $760.
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 55% of peers. 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 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $179K in 2020 to $354K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Panniers de dépannage pour nourriture activités pour venir en aide aux plus démunis atelier vestimentaire (comptoir de vente)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $354K | $246K | $217K | — | — | $347K |
| 2023 | $242K | $252K | $225K | — | — | $239K |
| 2022 | $184K | $190K | $171K | — | — | $249K |
| 2021 | $217K | $155K | $135K | — | — | $255K |
| 2020 | $179K | $172K | $158K | — | — | $193K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $760 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$146K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lise Losier (vice présidente); Bernard Deslauriers (administrateur); Suzanne Desmarais (présidente); Judith Arsenault (administrateur); Roger Rose (administrateur); Yves Poirier (trésorier); Jocelyne Girard (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Ruche Saint-Damien’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878572569RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.