L'Escale de l'Estrie Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 119014819RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,912,411) as filed with the CRA.
L'Escale de l'Estrie Inc. is a public foundation based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Maison d'hébergement pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale et leurs enfants. Hébergement entrevues externes ateliers écoute téléphonique en situation de crise suivis post-hébergement activité de groupe sensibilisation. Projet xox pour la sensibilisation dans les écoles
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.4M | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $933K | — | — | $815K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $911K | — | — | $5,000 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maryse Armando (vice-présidente); Vincent Fontaine (secrétaire); Sophie Gaudreau (présidente); Leslie Tran (administratrice); Ouellet Anne-Sophie (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L'Escale de l'Estrie Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119014819RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.