Les Jardins de la Terre
Publicly funded institution · ST Paul de Abbotsford, Quebec · BN 864367503RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($810,641) as filed with the CRA.
Les Jardins de la Terre is a charitable organization based in ST Paul de Abbotsford, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $825K in revenue and $811K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $61K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service 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 (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Activités favorisant l'insertion sociale et professionnelle des adultes et des jeunes ainsi que l'éducation à l'écologie et à la récupération.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $825K | $811K | $616K | — | — | $242K |
| 2023 | $712K | $700K | $530K | — | — | $230K |
| 2022 | $643K | $666K | $525K | — | — | $175K |
| 2021 | $677K | $642K | $530K | — | — | $198K |
| 2020 | $662K | $659K | $543K | — | — | $163K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $61K 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
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$600K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marie-Salima El Kasmi (directrice général); Dean Thomson (administrateur); Pascal Fafard (président); Catherine Auger (secrétaire trésorière); Jonathan ST-Laurent (vice-président); Carole Brodeur (administratrice); LR Robert Louis (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Les Jardins de la Terre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864367503RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.