Les Amis des Jardins de Metis Inc.
Charitable organization · Grand-Métis, Quebec · BN 896573383RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,651,627) as filed with the CRA.
Les Amis des Jardins de Metis Inc. is a charitable organization based in Grand-Métis, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $3.5M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 15% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.4M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $3.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
L'organisme exploite le site muséal et touristique les jardins de métis. Il a pour objectif de conserver et d'améliorer les jardins ainsi que d'apporter une contribution à la communauté dans les domaines suivants : l'éducation l'histoire l'animation de la villa estevan ainsi que l'organisation d'activités artistiques et culturelles.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $2.7M | $2.4M | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.6M | $2.3M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.3M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.5M | — | — | — | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.4M from 11 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1.2M
- RBC Foundation$75K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$63K
- The Colin and Winnifred Molson Foundation$50K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$50K
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$25K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$6,000
- Hylcan Foundation$5,000
- Laidlaw Foundation$4,000
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$832
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
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lewis Reford (vice-président); Jean-Yves Roy (secrétaire); Julie Isabel (présidente); Mathieu Côté (trésorier); Marie-Pier Martel (administratrice); Denis Brisebois (administrateur); Pierre Millette (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Les Amis des Jardins de Metis Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896573383RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.