Sentier Urbain
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 867867822RR0001 · Environment
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,699,143) as filed with the CRA.
Sentier Urbain is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 48% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $276K.
Compared with 50 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Depuis 1993 sentier urbain s'emploie à rapprocher l'humain de la nature à travers ses trois champs d'intervention: verdir éduquer et mobiliser. Il agit également via ses projets intégrateurs: le circuit jardins et le centre d'interprétation becs et jardins. Notre quartier nourricier bonifications du potagers de l'espoir est un réseau d'espaces réaménagés en zones d'agriculture urbaine. La production maraîchères est distribuée aux citoyens et à des organismes communautaires locaux oeuvrant en sécurité alimentaire.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $17K | — | $199K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $319K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $961K | — | — | $618K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $940K | $528K | — | — | $728K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | — | $234K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $276K from 10 charities:
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$74K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- Chamandy Foundation$50K
- Fondation Dufresne & Gauthier$25K
- Hewitt Foundation$25K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$15K
- Fondation Cicala$13K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,500
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$1,902
- Canadahelps Canadon$260
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
David Garant (président); Martine Fillion (secrétaire); J-An-Philippe Détolle (vice-président); François Bergeron (trésorier); Gisèle Caron (administratrice).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sentier Urbain’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867867822RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.