Le Café de la Débrouille
Publicly funded institution · Rigaud, Quebec · BN 894720580RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($82,075) as filed with the CRA.
Le Café de la Débrouille is a charitable organization based in Rigaud, 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 $114K in revenue and $82K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
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 35% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Dépannage alimentaire toute les semaines. Ateliers de cuisine collective toutes les semaines. Distribution de lait maternisé et couches en collaboration avec le clsc. Préparation de déclarations de revenu en mars et avril
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $114K | $82K | $66K | — | — | $211K |
| 2023 | $127K | $105K | $70K | $13K | — | $179K |
| 2022 | $103K | $99K | $78K | $16K | — | $158K |
| 2021 | $187K | $109K | $71K | $34K | — | $154K |
| 2020 | $113K | $73K | $70K | — | — | $93K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$34K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Lefebvre (directeur généra); Caroline Marcotte (présidente); Ginette Laliberté (vice-présidente); Thérèse Lemire (secrétaire); Lisa Maria Diano (administrateur); Alain Lemire (administrateur); Véronique Leduc (administrateur); Geneviève Grenon (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le Café de la Débrouille’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894720580RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.