Suco Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 130650575RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,821,705) as filed with the CRA.
Suco Inc. is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $10.9M in revenue and $10.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $111K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
EDUCATION : Sensibilisation auprès de la population concernant les problèmes des pays en voie de développement Tournées a travers le Québec de partenaires de différents pays; ateliers d'éducation; colloques exposition de photos documentation publications vidéos. COOPERATION : projets Outre-Mer en reconstruction communications développement local agroenvironnement activités génératrices de revenus envoie de cooperent-e-s volontaires et stagiaires. APPUI INSTITUTIONNEL : Formation avec nos partenaires visant la prise en charge de l'auto-développèrent.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.9M | $10.8M | $10.5M | $120K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $10.2M | $10.2M | $9.8M | $111K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $7M | $7M | $6.7M | $111K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $4.2M | $113K | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $7.3M | $7.3M | $6.7M | $111K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $111K from 15 charities:
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$75K
- Fondation Edward Assh$12K
- Legs Frères-Saint-Gabriel$10K
- Fondation Linoit$5,000
- Fondation Denise et Robert Gibelleau$3,768
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,544
- Les pauvres Clarisses de Valleyfield$1,000
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$500
- Les Clarisses de Sherbrooke$200
- Les Moniales Carmélites de Montréal$100
- L'institut des soeurs de l'immaculée de Gênes - Région canadienne—
- Les Missionnaires Oblates de Saint-Boniface—
- The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate / Las Oblatas Misioneras de M aria Inmaculada—
- Union Canadienne des Moniales de l'Ordre de Sainte-Ursule—
- Fonds Marie-François—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99926 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Crespo (administrateur); Christian Champigny (administrateur-directeur génér); Marie-Thérèse Brunelle (vice-présidente); Yves Boulet (administrateur); Julie Potvin-Lajoie (suco - representante syndicale); Ariane Boyer-Roy (secrétaire); Michel Habas (administrateur); Francois-Nicolas landry (trésorier); Louis Paré (administrateur); Tangou Magnoudewa (administrateur); Aline Chami (administratrice); Lylia Mincheva (administratrice); Lise Veilleux (administratrice); Valerie Ouellet (administratrice); Noam Pistagnesi (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Suco Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130650575RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.