Le Grain d'Sel de la Vallée du Richelieu
Charitable organization · Beloeil, Quebec · BN 855130803RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,722,788) as filed with the CRA.
Le Grain d'Sel de la Vallée du Richelieu is a charitable organization based in Beloeil, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
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 33% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $347K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Comptoir alimentaire et insertation sociale
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $578K |
| 2023 | — | $1.3M | $980K | — | — | $580K |
| 2022 | $1M | $925K | $700K | $424 | — | $490K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $811K | $2,370 | — | $403K |
| 2020 | $347K | $318K | $16K | $33K | — | $110K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $55K from 15 charities:
- Fondation Yvan Morin$20K
- Fondation Robert Piché Inc.$20K
- Fondation Eulalie-Rose$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,318
- Legs Frères-Saint-Gabriel$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,956
- Food Banks of Québec$1,252
- Fondation Laure Gaudreault$1,000
- Mobile Giving Foundation Canada$60
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$44
- Fondation Jeanne-Esther—
- Fondation des Soeurs de Saint-Joseph de Saint-Hyacinthe—
- Soeurs de Sainte-Croix—
- Fonds Marie-François—
- Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Anges—
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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$192K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Louis Aubin (vice-président); Marie-Ève Brisebois (administratrice); Céline Charbonneau (secrétaire); Alexandre Dalpé (administrateur); Marc-André Dignard (trésorier); Catherine Lafrance (administratrice); Michel Lemire (administrateur); Nathalie Lemonde (administrateur); Martin Letendre (président); Dany Michaud (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le Grain d'Sel de la Vallée du Richelieu’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855130803RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.