Sante Mentale Estrie Inc. / Mental Health Estrie Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 861812584RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($356,059) as filed with the CRA.
Sante Mentale Estrie Inc. / Mental Health Estrie Inc. is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, 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 $425K in revenue and $356K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 58% from government, 28% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,881.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $169K in 2020 to $425K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Services to families affected by mental illness (including the ill relative) in the estrie region through: information & referral services peer support groups and educational sessions for the general public. Anti-stigma efforts include publicity in print media radio interviews and items published on social media. Collaboration and partnerships with public & private health care providers and community organizations in the mental health field is an important component of the work of mhe
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $425K | $356K | $270K | — | — | $505K |
| 2023 | $311K | $224K | $184K | — | — | $436K |
| 2022 | $298K | $163K | $136K | — | — | $350K |
| 2021 | $203K | $141K | $121K | — | — | $215K |
| 2020 | $169K | $77K | $32K | — | — | $153K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,881 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$226K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Esther Barnett (administrateur); Irène Briand (secrétaire); Lynn C. Ross (administrateur); Holly Moore (vice présidente); Paulette Loisier (administrateur); Heather Thomson (présidente); Scott Stevenson (trésorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sante Mentale Estrie Inc. / Mental Health Estrie Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861812584RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.