Le phare source d'entraide
Publicly funded institution · Farnham, Quebec · BN 872109764RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($344,164) as filed with the CRA.
Le phare source d'entraide is a charitable organization based in Farnham, Quebec, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 $350K in revenue and $344K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $191K in 2020 to $350K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Donner à des personnes ayant des problèmes de santé mentale l'opportunité de développer leurs capacités et leurs ressources afin de favoriser leurs valorisation leu antonomie. Leur réappropriation du pouvoir sur elles-mêmes leur situation leur envirnment et leur insertion sociale selon une approche
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $350K | $344K | $318K | — | — | $136K |
| 2023 | $300K | $286K | $261K | — | — | $130K |
| 2022 | $280K | $249K | $193K | — | — | $117K |
| 2021 | $217K | $195K | $145K | — | — | $85K |
| 2020 | $191K | $188K | $144K | — | — | $63K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $34K from 3 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$244K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Valentin Auclair (trésorier); Daniel Prémont (administrateur); Peter Belland (vice-président); Clément Potvin (secrétaire); Mikaël Gauthier (président); Chad Desnoyers (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le phare source d'entraide’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872109764RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.