L'Amie
Publicly funded institution · Québec, Quebec · BN 119002228RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,192,901) as filed with the CRA.
L'Amie is a charitable organization based in Québec, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $145K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1) soutien à la scolarisation des enfants à l'étranger sous forme de parrainage scolaire individuel et collectif 2) initiation de jeunes québécois à la solidarité internationale et à la coopération internationale 3) projets en développement international en afrique (région des grands-lac) madagascar et haïti
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | $226K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $192K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | — | — | $193K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1M | $782 | — | $117K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $145K from 22 charities:
- Fondation Suzanne et Jean-Robert Leclerc$75K
- Fondation Louise Grenier$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Oeuvres Regis-Vernet$8,000
- Organisme d'Entraide D.m.a.$7,500
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$6,000
- Fondation Louise Grenier$5,500
- Fondation Desjardins$4,957
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$2,500
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$2,000
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$1,358
- Fondation Bourassa$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$833
- Fondation Soeurs de Notre-Dame Auxiliatrice$500
- L'Évêque Catholique Romain de Sainte-Anne-De-La-Pocatière$150
- Les Marianistes de Saint-Anselme$100
- Les Moniales Carmélites de Montréal$100
- Abbaye Cistercienne de Rougemont—
- Les Petites Soeurs de la Sainte-Famille—
- Province de Saint-Joseph des servantes du Saint-Coeur de Marie—
- Les Soeurs de la Congrégation de Notre Dame—
- Fonds Marie-François—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$462K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
André Jalbert (président); Céline Bélanger (administratrice); Doina Balzer (administratrice); Jovanni Racine (administrateur); Gilles Lévesque (vice-président); Pascale Simard (administratrice); Madeleine Leblanc (présidente honoraire); Mathieu Papillon-Draveau (administrateur); Alain Tourigny (trésorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L'Amie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119002228RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.