Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest
Publicly funded institution · Quebec, Quebec · BN 142845676RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,868,301) as filed with the CRA.
Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest is a charitable organization based in Quebec, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $62.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Favorise le développement de l'entrepreneuriat au québec en récompensant les initiatives entrepreuneuriales ainsi que la création d'entreprise. L'organisme atteint cet objectif en organisant le concours québecois en entrepreuneuriat à chaque année qui consiste à remettre des bourses qui correspondent au profil désiré.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $2.9M | $2.4M | — | — | $607K |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.3M | — | — | $454K |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.3M | — | — | $460K |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.1M | $74K | — | $460K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $389K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $62 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$904K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Josée Mercier (administratrice); Éric Desaulniers (vice-président); Jacques Topping (vice-président); Julie Péloquin (administratrice); Frédérique Vézina (trésorière); Dominic Thériault (administrateur); Pelra Azondekon (administratrice); Félix Lapointe (administrateur); Caroline Dupré (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 142845676RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.