Ombres Folles
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 836661348RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($339,862) as filed with the CRA.
Ombres Folles is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $338K in revenue and $340K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,250.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $154K in 2020 to $338K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Crére produire et diffuser des spectacles de théâtre pour jeune public dans des centres culturels et salles de spectacles ; - organiser des spectacles et des ateliers dans des centres communautaires des bibliothèques et des écoles en tentant de rejoindre un public défavorisé éloigné ou à faible revenu ; - initier des enfants et des parents au théâtre par des représentations théâtrales de qualité et accessibles ; - utiliser et promouvoir l'utilisation des objets récupérés tout en favorisant le recyclage le compostage et le respect de l'environnement dans l'ensemble de nos activités.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $338K | $340K | $290K | — | — | $49K |
| 2023 | $293K | $307K | $289K | — | — | $50K |
| 2022 | $312K | $308K | $297K | — | — | $64K |
| 2021 | $180K | $179K | $176K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $154K | $119K | $114K | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $5,250 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$31K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maude Gareau (administratrice); Olivier Monette-Milmore (président); Jérémie Desbiens (vice-président et secrét); Marie-France Bruyère (trésorière); Olena Khomyakova (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ombres Folles’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836661348RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.