Société québécoise de spéléologie
Publicly funded institution · Saint-Leonard, Quebec · BN 124802372RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($491,512) as filed with the CRA.
Société québécoise de spéléologie is a charitable organization based in Saint-Leonard, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. 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 $594K in revenue and $492K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,103.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Visites de caverne - un programme de formations de qualité. - géoréférencement exploration et conservation: l'organisme procède au relevé à la compilation au stockage et à la diffusion de données géographiques sur les cavernes pour le ministère de l'éducation du québec.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $594K | $492K | $388K | — | — | $798K |
| 2023 | $598K | $541K | $460K | — | — | $695K |
| 2022 | $681K | $507K | $428K | — | — | $638K |
| 2021 | $583K | $624K | $120K | — | — | $625K |
| 2020 | $414K | $246K | $185K | — | — | $365K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,103 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,103
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$298K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
:daniel Caron (vice-président); Érick :villeneuve (trésorier); Mathieu Vaillancourt (président); Claude Paradis (administrateur); Guy Cadrin (secrétaire); Louis-Simon Capistran (admnistrateur); Guillaume Lamarre (directeur général).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Société québécoise de spéléologie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124802372RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.