Soupe au bouton
Publicly funded institution · Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec · BN 740400296RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($539,045) as filed with the CRA.
Soupe au bouton is a charitable organization based in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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 $509K in revenue and $539K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 74% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $80.
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 81% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 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 $509K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Développement et soutien des initiatives en sécurité alimentaire et matérielle afin de favoriser l'autonomie des personnes et le développement social * accompagnement pour la mise en place de jardins communautaires et collectifs * formations * cueillette de denrées auprès des épiceries et producteurs de la région * dépannage alimentaire * soupes populaires * repas communautaires * panier de noël * comptoir vestimentaire cuisine collectives : * planification des recettes * achats et partage des coûts entre les participants * cuisine en groupe * évaluation des recettes * ateli…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $509K | $539K | $511K | — | — | $42K |
| 2023 | $270K | $457K | $436K | — | — | $72K |
| 2022 | $305K | $240K | $227K | — | — | $260K |
| 2021 | $448K | $290K | $282K | — | — | $184K |
| 2020 | $169K | $174K | $161K | — | — | $16K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $80 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$201K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christiane Bourgault (secretaire tresorier); Ginette Desbiens (presidente); Melissa Parent-Lebeau (vice-president); Sabrina Langlois (administratrice); Jules Belanger (administrateur); Arsene Pelletier (administrateur); Nicholas Jourde (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Soupe au bouton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 740400296RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.