Ricochet (Hébergement/Homes)
Publicly funded institution · Sainte-Genevieve, Quebec · BN 756369310RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,975,131) as filed with the CRA.
Ricochet (Hébergement/Homes) is a charitable organization based in Sainte-Genevieve, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government, 19% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $280K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $30K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Ricochet (hébergement/homes) est le seul organisme à offrir des solutions d'hébergement et d'accompagnement aux personnes en situation d'instabilité résidentielle dansd l'ouest-de-l'île de montréal. Créé en 2017 ricochet agit quotidiennement pour assurer le bien-être et la défense des personnes vulnérables sur l'ensemble du secteur. Ricochet s'adresse aux personnes de 18 and et plus qui souffrent d'instabilité résidentielle et offre des services d'hébergement d'urgence de transition de navette de médiation sociale et ce tout en sensibilisant le public au respect des personnes vulnérables…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $1.7M | — | — | $380K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $327K |
| 2022 | $382K | $256K | $194K | — | — | $222K |
| 2021 | $23K | $23K | — | — | — | $96K |
| 2020 | $30K | $30K | — | — | — | $96K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $280K from 13 charities:
- West-island community shares$80K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$75K
- Fondation Maison Biéler$71K
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Senneville Partage / Senneville Shares$6,200
- Église westside gathering/ Westside gathering church$5,189
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$5,000
- The Fabrique of the Parish of Saint Edmund of Canterbury Archidiocese de Montreal$2,727
- Mission Saint Edward The Confessor$1,805
- ST-Barnabas' Church$553
- Eglise Baptiste Lakeside Heights$397
- Fondation Laure Gaudreault$316
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$14.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michel Wilson (president); Jag Nara Simha Devara (treasurer); Howard Nadler (vice-president); Ann Francis (secretary); Martine Haines (administrator); Virginie Tourte (administrator); Véronique Babin (administrator); Nell Owusu (administrator); Caterina Modica-Amore (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ricochet (Hébergement/Homes)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 756369310RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.