Sporobole
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 130030158RR0002 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,688,681) as filed with the CRA.
Sporobole is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $683K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Diffusion production éducation médiation expérimentation recherche en art contemporain et en art numérique
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $214K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $197K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $241K |
| 2021 | $986K | $757K | $709K | — | — | $323K |
| 2020 | $683K | $688K | $555K | — | — | $6,545 |
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:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$913K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marty-Kanataktsus Meunier (secrétaire); Gentiane Bélanger (vice-présidente); Émilie Morin (présidente); Thierry B. Gateau (administrateur); Ariane Plante (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sporobole’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130030158RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.