Parole de vie-Bethel incorporee
Publicly funded institution · Sherbooke, Quebec · BN 107507857RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,136,120) as filed with the CRA.
Parole de vie-Bethel incorporee is a charitable organization based in Sherbooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $162K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,897 in 2024, the largest being $1,897 to Word of Life Fellowship. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Post-secondary Bible Institute with in depth Bible instruction and Christian ministry service training; Language School teaching French as a Second Language primarily to missionaries to French-speaking countries; Summer and Winter Bible Camps for children teens and families with biblical teaching emphasis; Bible clubs in churches; Evangelism - proclamation of the gospel through youth activities outings tours primarily in Quebec.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $591K | $57K | $1,897 | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $592K | $53K | $22K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $519K | $20K | $5,145 | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $958K | $971K | $640K | $21K | $700 | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $937K | $662K | $6,486 | $809 | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,897 to 1 qualified donee:
- Word of Life Fellowship$1,897
Received $162K from 31 charities:
- The Foundation Office.ca$65K
- Word of Life Fellowship Canada Inc$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Metropolitan Bible Church Ministry Corporation$7,000
- Église Évangélique de Chicoutimi$5,840
- Église baptiste de Saint-Augustin$5,000
- Assemblée Chrétienne Évangélique de Notre-Dame-du-Nord$5,000
- Eglise Evangelique Baptiste l'Eau Vive$4,800
- Fondation Noq$4,755
- Calvary Baptist Church$4,668
- MSC Canada$3,135
- Eglise Evangelique Baptiste de la Lievre$3,000
- Assemblée évangélique de la Haute-Mauricie$2,220
- Église Baptiste Évangélique de ST-Georges$1,500
- Parkside Ranch Inc.$1,500
- L'Église Baptiste Évangélique de Trois-Rivières$1,225
- Assemblée Évangélique de Ste-Foy$1,200
- Église Baptiste Évangélique de Gatineau$1,086
- Eglise Baptiste Evangelique de Sherbrooke$1,013
- Assemblee Evangelique de la Rive-Sud$1,000
- Sawyerville Baptist Church$950
- Eglise Evangelique Associee de Verdun$800
- Eglise Baptiste Evangelique de Lennoxville$800
- Église évangélique Farnham$600
- Eglise Evangelique Baptiste du Phare$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$561K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ray Adams (director); Bernard Gingras (vice president); Donald Healey (secretary); Douglas McLellan (treasurer); Robert Snell (director); Mark Strout (director); Alain Vaillancourt (director); Marco Carreau (director); John Nelson (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parole de vie-Bethel incorporee’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107507857RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.