Ligue pour la lecture de la bible
Charitable organization · Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec · BN 119019669RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($80,002) as filed with the CRA.
Ligue pour la lecture de la bible is a charitable organization based in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $71K in revenue and $80K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 28% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $64K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Organisme missionnaire voué à la diffusion parole de Dieu à l'édification et l'évangélisation. Les activités de la ligue sont de : s'impliquer dans la distribution de programmes de lecture et de livres chrétiens de stimuler une lecture réfléchie systématique et régulière des écritures parmi les personnes de tous les âges d'amener les lecteurs de la bible à une connaissance personnelle de la personne du Seigneur Jésus-Christ. Organiser des camps d'été pour les enfants.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $71K | $80K | $76K | — | — | $208K |
| 2023 | $31K | $70K | $69K | — | $335 | $217K |
| 2022 | $352K | $92K | $88K | — | $1,500 | $256K |
| 2021 | $99K | $151K | $139K | — | — | $1,683 |
| 2020 | $54K | $97K | $92K | — | — | $71K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $64K from 9 charities:
- La Fondation MPT$50K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,828
- Association Chrétienne pour la Francophonie (ACF)$1,500
- Le Groupe Biblique de la Rive Sud$800
- Alliance Chrétienne et missionnaire au Québec$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$443
- Conseil Québécois des Organismes Chrétiens/ Québec Council of Christian Charities$430
- Centre Chrétien de Louange et de Prière$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$55K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Raymond Laforest (administrateur); Christian Sanchez (président); Michel Leblanc (secrétaire - trésorier); Donald Tardif (vice-président); Dominique Moysan (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ligue pour la lecture de la bible’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119019669RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.