Le plaisir des mots
Publicly funded institution · New Richmond, Quebec · BN 896580545RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($154,760) as filed with the CRA.
Le plaisir des mots is a charitable organization based in New Richmond, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $166K in revenue and $155K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $6.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Programme d'alphabétisation autres serices destinés aux personnes à faible revenu
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $166K | $155K | $149K | — | — | $117K |
| 2023 | $161K | $112K | $110K | — | — | $106K |
| 2022 | $119K | $102K | $99K | — | — | $57K |
| 2021 | $117K | $99K | $89K | — | — | $40K |
| 2020 | $115K | $101K | $96K | $1,193 | — | $23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$105K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Odette Cyr (présidente); Laurence Girard (administratrice); Manon Bourdages (vice-présidente); Maude Henry (directrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le plaisir des mots’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896580545RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.