Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent
Publicly funded institution · Riviere-Du-Loup, Quebec · BN 118845296RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($868,996) as filed with the CRA.
Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent is a charitable organization based in Riviere-Du-Loup, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $1M in revenue and $869K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $580.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Recherche d'oeuvres pour les collections rendre accesible les oeuvres à la population et autres activités muséales
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $869K | $643K | $13K | — | $23M |
| 2023 | $861K | $781K | $594K | $5,808 | — | $23.1M |
| 2022 | $883K | $711K | $414K | $14K | — | $23.2M |
| 2021 | $869K | $609K | $353K | $4,777 | — | $23.1M |
| 2020 | $925K | $420K | $533K | — | — | $22.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $580 from 1 charity:
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
- $1–39,99912 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$406K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michel Asselin (vice-président); Yolaine Beaulieu (tresoriere); Christine Desrosiers (présidente); Julie Martin (administrateur); Nadine Boulianne (administrateur); Dominique Desrosiers (administratrice); Francois-Pierre Ménard (administrateur); Raymond April (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118845296RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.