Regroupement des Aveugles et Amblyopes du Quebec (raaq)
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 107883571RR0003 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($193,829) as filed with the CRA.
Regroupement des Aveugles et Amblyopes du Quebec (raaq) is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $191K in revenue and $194K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $164.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Production de nos revues accessibles: info-RAAQ et infolettre; les comités de travail: accès à l'information transport réadaptation emploi et soutien du revenu.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $191K | $194K | $184K | — | — | $103K |
| 2023 | $199K | $205K | $191K | — | $0 | $105K |
| 2022 | $252K | $248K | $236K | $0 | $0 | $111K |
| 2021 | $192K | $187K | $169K | — | — | $108K |
| 2020 | $205K | $185K | $174K | — | — | $103K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $164 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$143K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Valois (trésorier); Karine Descôteaux (secrétaire); Pascale Dussault (administratrice); René Binet (président); Isabelle Boucher (adminitratrice); Martine Bédard (administratrice); Lynne Robichaud (administratrice); Lucie Giroux (adminstratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Regroupement des Aveugles et Amblyopes du Quebec (raaq)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107883571RR0003), or read how we compute the receipt.