Société d'Histoire du Lac-ST-Jean Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Alma, Quebec · BN 119153708RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,529,749) as filed with the CRA.
Société d'Histoire du Lac-ST-Jean Inc. is a charitable organization based in Alma, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Programmes continus: services d'archives et de généalogie: -acquisition traitement consultation je me raconte conférence accès public internet. Service muséal et touristique: parc thématique l'odyssée des bâtisseurs expositions parcours des bâtisseurs circuits d'interprétation animation pédagogique. Service d'aide-conseil en rénovation patrimoniale: consultation avec un architecte guide de rénovation matériauthèque formation sur mesure.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $18K | — | $620K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $576K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $567K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $657K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1M | $921K | $227 | — | $479K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $10K from 1 charity:
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 positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$937K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anne-Julie Néron (directrice); Stéphanie Girard (vice-présidente); Sabin Gaudreault (administrateur); Sébastien Cochrane (président); Régis Tremblay (trésorier); Jacques Noël (administrateur); Christine Martel (administratrice); Yvon Désy (administrateur); Élizabeth Pagé (secrétaire); Alexandra Cunnigham (administratrice); Myriam Villeneuve (secrétaire); Vincent Mailhot-Larouche (administrateur); Karine Gagné-Plourde (administratrice); Caroline Marcel (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Société d'Histoire du Lac-ST-Jean Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119153708RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.