Phelps Aide / Phelps Helps
Charitable organization · Stanstead, Quebec · BN 768641722RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($660,339) as filed with the CRA.
Phelps Aide / Phelps Helps is a charitable organization based in Stanstead, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $743K in revenue and $660K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 43% from government, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $164K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $340K in 2020 to $743K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Increase youth engagement and ensure youth in rural communities have the support system to graduate from high school and realize future career and educational goals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $743K | $660K | $543K | — | — | $451K |
| 2023 | $598K | $604K | $505K | — | — | $368K |
| 2022 | $361K | $389K | $315K | — | — | $374K |
| 2021 | $534K | $355K | $208K | — | — | $401K |
| 2020 | $340K | $280K | $187K | — | — | $223K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $164K from 11 charities:
- Centraide Estrie (conseil Régional de Bien-Être de Sherbrooke)$100K
- Centraide Estrie (conseil Régional de Bien-Être de Sherbrooke)$20K
- The Organix Foundation Inc$16K
- Centraide Estrie (conseil Régional de Bien-Être de Sherbrooke)$13K
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$7,000
- The Foundation Office.ca$3,500
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,000
- Fondation des Gens des Cantons de l'Est pour la Recherche et la Culture/townshippers Research and Cultural Foundation$1,500
- Zakuta family foundation$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$264
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$246
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$515K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Derusha (treasurer); Lynn Johnston (director); Nancy Layton (secretary); Kathryn Markwick (vice president); Lisa Smith (director); Catherine Van Der Linden (president); Alyson Wood (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Phelps Aide / Phelps Helps’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 768641722RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.