Le Filon
Charitable organization · Levis, Quebec · BN 878047307RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,079,049) as filed with the CRA.
Le Filon is a charitable organization based in Levis, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 47% from government, 29% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $192K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $596K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Soutenir des initiatives collectives durables pour améliorer le vivre ensemble et les conditions de vie tout en permettant à tous de participer à la construction d'une communauté solidaire créative et juste développer un milieu de vie ouvert et dynamique permettant la création de liens et de sens collectif favoriser le renforcement des capacités d'action et d'émancipation des personnes contribuer à rendre accessibles les enjeux de société via l'éducation populaire autonome favoriser la mise en place d'actions citoyennes visant la réduction des inégalités sociales une économie saine et l…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $935K | $21K | — | $477K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $0 | $381K |
| 2022 | $875K | $865K | — | — | — | $241K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $596K | $591K | — | — | — | $207K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $192K from 8 charities:
- Centraide Québec Chaudière-Appalaches et Bas-Saint laurent$164K
- Fondation Dufresne & Gauthier$25K
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$1,000
- L'Archevêque catholique romain de Québec$1,000
- South Shore Furniture Foundation$216
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$100
- Canadahelps Canadon$48
- Province de Saint-Joseph des servantes du Saint-Coeur de Marie—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$476K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yves Beaudoin (administrateur); Marielle Lumineau (vice-présidente); Andréanne Meilleur-Gaudreau (secrétaire); Geneviève Nadeau (administratrice); Michel Bouchard (administrateur); Fanny Lindsay-Fortin (administratrice); Liliane Thériault (présidente); Anthéa Deffry (administratrice); Joëlle Lefebvre-Ouellet (trésorière).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le Filon’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878047307RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.