Le Vent dans les Lettres inc.
Publicly funded institution · Gatineau, Quebec · BN 887802130RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($304,913) as filed with the CRA.
Le Vent dans les Lettres inc. is a charitable organization based in Gatineau, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $279K in revenue and $305K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,000.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $158K in 2020 to $279K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Elle exerce des activités dans le domaine de l'alphabétisation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $279K | $305K | $228K | — | — | $185K |
| 2023 | $245K | $193K | $148K | — | — | $209K |
| 2022 | $251K | $215K | $178K | — | — | $159K |
| 2021 | $236K | $174K | $45K | — | — | $123K |
| 2020 | $158K | $167K | $37K | — | — | $61K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $2,000 from 1 charity:
- Centraide Outaouais$2,000
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$242K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Monique Gauthier (présidente); Michel Ruel (vice-président); Pierre Périard (trésorier); Denise Brunet (secrétaire); Roger Bellefeuille (administrateur); Éric Bourgeois (administrateur); Célianne Arsenault (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Le Vent dans les Lettres inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887802130RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.