Option: une alternative à la violence conjugale
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 898261193RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($867,915) as filed with the CRA.
Option: une alternative à la violence conjugale is a charitable organization based in Montreal, 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 $967K in revenue and $868K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band).
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $617K in 2020 to $967K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Formation et supervision de thérapeutes en violence évaluation de la clientèle violente thérapies individuelles et de groupe.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $967K | $868K | $750K | — | — | $599K |
| 2023 | $1M | $868K | $746K | — | — | $496K |
| 2022 | $897K | $851K | $728K | — | — | $343K |
| 2021 | $698K | $562K | $472K | — | — | $381K |
| 2020 | $617K | $599K | $504K | — | — | $161K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$580K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sonia Gauthier (vice-présidente); Annie Arevian (administratrice); Lucie ST-Pierre (directrice); Mylène Légaré (administratrice); Lise Montminy (secrétaire); Catherine Bolduc (trésorière).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Option: une alternative à la violence conjugale’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898261193RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.