Nature Québec
Charitable organization · Quebec, Quebec · BN 119275816RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,050,240) as filed with the CRA.
Nature Québec is a charitable organization based in Quebec, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 41% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $602K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 35 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
1. La commission agriculture intervient pour rendre compatible la pratique de l'agriculture avec le maintien des écosystèmes dans les régions agricoles et les communautés qui en dépendent. 2. La commission aires protégées travaille à la mise en place d'un véritable réseau d'aires protégées permanentes et représentatives de la biodiversité québécoise et à la saine gestion de ce réseau. 3. La commission biodiversité travaille à la protection et au maintien des écosystèmes des espèces et de leurs habitats. 4. La commission eau s'intéresse aux activités et aux projets susceptibles d'avoir …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $369K |
| 2023 | $3M | $3M | $2.7M | — | — | $391K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $2.1M | — | — | $374K |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.8M | $2.1M | — | — | $478K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $914K | — | — | $284K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $602K from 26 charities:
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$405K
- Salal Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Greater Montreal Climate Fund$20K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$20K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$10K
- Fondation du grand défi Pierre Lavoie$10K
- The Consecon Foundation$10K
- The Schad Foundation$10K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,550
- Howick Foundation /fondation Howick$1,400
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,285
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,010
- Fondation Famille Benoit$1,000
- Fondation des Amis du Parc Oméga$1,000
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$500
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$460
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$400
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$218
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation-$365
- Soeurs de Sainte-Croix—
- Fonds Marie-François—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions35
- Total compensation, all staff$996K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marilou Alarie (vice présidente); Pierre Dumont (administrateur); Andrée Girard (trésorière); Adrien Guilbert-Barthez (vice président); Caroline Laberge (administratrice); Michel Laliberté (administrateur); Roxanne Paquet (administratrice); Éric Pineault (administrateur); David Roy (administrateur); Gérard Szarz (secrétaire); Mounir Ait Oufariad (administrateur); Pierre-Luc Grondin (administrateur); Denis Laberge (administrateur); Allan Quist (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nature Québec’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119275816RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.