Les 7 Doigts de la Main
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 144489671RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,494,037) as filed with the CRA.
Les 7 Doigts de la Main is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7M in revenue and $8.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $444K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Les objectifs de l'organisme sont : - contribuer à l'appréciation des arts pour le public en créant produisant et diffusant des oeuvres en arts du cirque et de la scène ainsi qu'en permettant l'accès au grand public à des événements reliés tels que des répétitions avant-première ou visites de coulisses. - promouvoir l'excellence et le développement des arts du cirque et de la scène tel qu'en offrants des installations et lieux de création specialisés permettant aux artistes et compagnies artistiques en développement de s'exercer et de produire leur art et en offrant des résidences de cré…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $8.5M | $5.8M | $170K | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $6.9M | $7.4M | $3.6M | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $6.7M | $5.9M | $5.2M | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $7.4M | $6.7M | $5.1M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $6M | $5.5M | $4.2M | — | — | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $444K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shana Carroll (administrateur); Isabelle Chassé (secrétaire); Nassib Samir El-Husseini (administrateur); Patrick Léonard (président); Gypsy Snider (administrateur); Sébastien Soldevila (admnistrateur); Samuel Tétreault (trésorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Les 7 Doigts de la Main’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 144489671RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.