Poetry In Voice/Les Voix de la Poésie
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 816009856RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($687,540) as filed with the CRA.
Poetry In Voice/Les Voix de la Poésie is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $688K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 8% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,317.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% 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 declined over its filings on record here, from $2.7M in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The objective of the charity is to pursue a more vigorous prevalance of poetry in canadian schools through reading recitation writting resources and experiences incorporated into the school curriculum.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $688K | $603K | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $761K | $715K | $627K | — | — | $4M |
| 2022 | $123K | $667K | $585K | $12K | — | $4M |
| 2021 | $574K | $539K | $449K | $20K | — | $170K |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $470K | $401K | — | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,317 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,317
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$272K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marie-Andrée Arsenault (administrateur); Anne Michaels (administrateur); Hector Ruiz (administrateur); Scott Griffin (president); Johanne Blais (administrateur); Andrew Heintzman (administrateur); Evan Solomon (administrateur); Cooper Skjeie (administrateur); Natasha Kanapé Fontaine (administrateur); Pierre Nepveu (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Poetry In Voice/Les Voix de la Poésie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816009856RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.