Savoir média
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 100774843RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,196,439) as filed with the CRA.
Savoir média is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $3.4M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from government.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
L'organisme savoir média est constitué un organisme sans but lucratif en vertu de la partie iii de la loi sur les compagnies (québec) et est un organisme de bienfaisance au sens de la loi de l'impôt sur le revenu. Ses objectifs sont les suivants: développer produire et diffuser sur toutes les plateformes du contenu franciphone dédié à la diffusion et à la vulgarisation des connaissances et de témoigner de l'effervescences de milieux de création du savoir notamment les établissements d'enseignement postscondaire publics et privés et -faciliter la concertation la coopération et la mise en…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $4.2M | $4.1M | — | — | -$348K |
| 2023 | $3.6M | $3.8M | $3.7M | — | — | $449K |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $3.5M | $3.3M | — | — | $660K |
| 2021 | $4.7M | $4.3M | $4M | — | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3M | $2.9M | — | — | $654K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean-Francois Gaudreault-Desbiens (administrateur); Céline Poncelin de Raucourt (administrateur); Bernard Tremblay (administrateur); Marie Collin (présidente); Marie-Christine Hamelin (administrateur); Crystelle Crépeau (administrateur); Benoit Beaudoin (administrateur); Louise Poissant (administrateur); Simon-Pierre Diamond (vice-président); Sophie Montreuil (secrétaire); Fabrice Labeau (administrateur); Mario Julien (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Savoir média’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 100774843RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.