Train Des Mots
Publicly funded institution · ST-Étienne-De-Bolton, Quebec · BN 852227503RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($137,386) as filed with the CRA.
Train Des Mots is a charitable organization based in ST-Étienne-De-Bolton, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $149K in revenue and $137K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $260.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $92K in 2020 to $149K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
L'organisme a pour mission d'enseigner la lectue l'écriture et le calcul aux adultes analphabètes pour les aider à devenir fonctionnels dans leurs activités quotidiennes et leur donenr accès au plaisir de lire.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $149K | $137K | $94K | — | — | $132K |
| 2023 | $148K | $158K | $111K | — | — | $121K |
| 2022 | $132K | $147K | $104K | — | — | $130K |
| 2021 | $136K | $97K | $70K | — | — | $145K |
| 2020 | $92K | $80K | $60K | — | — | $106K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $260 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$93K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Clément Frappier (président); Bernard Jeansonne (secrétaire); Céline Villemure (administratrice); Claude Thibaudeau (trésorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Train Des Mots’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852227503RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.