Productions Les Gros Becs
Publicly funded institution · Quebec, Quebec · BN 122847544RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,066,021) as filed with the CRA.
Productions Les Gros Becs is a charitable organization based in Quebec, 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 $2.1M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $45K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Faire la promotion la diffusion et la production de spectacles pour l'enfance et la jeunesse et l'éducation artistique des jeunes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.6M | $23K | — | $857K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $16K | — | $838K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $9,218 | — | $715K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $604K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $905K | $29K | — | $346K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $45K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$787K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samuel Blanchet (trésorier); Carol Cassistat (administrateur); Elisabeth Farinacci (administratrice); Jonathan Gagnon (président); Isabelle Landry (secrétaire); Véronique Lemieux (administratrice); Jean-Pierre Lessard (administrateur); Marianne Marceau (vice-présidente); Audrey Marchand (administratrice); Érick Rivard (administrateur); Émilie Vachon (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Productions Les Gros Becs’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122847544RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.