Le groupe Ambioterra
Charitable organization · Saint-Chrysostome, Quebec · BN 889657201RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($356,686) as filed with the CRA.
Le groupe Ambioterra is a charitable organization based in Saint-Chrysostome, Quebec, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $361K in revenue and $357K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 25% from government, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $155K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Protection des milieux naturels par l'accompagnement des proprétaires privés dans la protection de leur patrimoine naturel (conservation volontaire). Protection de la biodiversité et rétablissement de l'habitat des espèce en péril en faisant notamment des inventaires de la caractérisation environnementale de l'éducation du public et des proprétaires sur l'importance de leur protection.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $361K | $357K | $344K | — | — | $86K |
| 2023 | $305K | $329K | $312K | — | — | $81K |
| 2022 | $396K | $352K | $324K | — | — | $105K |
| 2021 | $397K | $364K | $3.3M | $4,750 | — | $61K |
| 2020 | $272K | $265K | $246K | — | — | $27K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $155K from 11 charities:
- Fonds d'Action Saint-Laurent$60K
- Hewitt Foundation$40K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$15K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$8,000
- Oeuvres Marie-Anne-Lavallée$5,000
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$1,000
- Les Capucins du Québec$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$202
- Fonds Marie-François—
- Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary of Joliette—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$230K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le groupe Ambioterra’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889657201RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.