UPA Développement International
Publicly funded institution · Longueuil, Quebec · BN 137222279RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,838,507) as filed with the CRA.
UPA Développement International is a charitable organization based in Longueuil, 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 $9.9M in revenue and $9.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Promouvoir l'éducation en offrant des formations et des stages sur des sujets liés à l'agriculture et à sa commercialisation à des agricultures se trouvant des les pays les moins avancés ou dans des régions économiquement défavorisées. Soulager la pauvreté en offrant des prêts de démarrage à des agricultures défavorisés se trouvant dans les pays e moins avancés ou dans des régions économiquement défavorisées. Promouvoir l'excellence et les pratiques efficaces dans l'agriculture dans l'intérêt du public en offrant des formations et de services de soutien à des organisations agricoles paysanne…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.9M | $9.8M | $9.6M | $143K | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $9.3M | $9.3M | $8.1M | $115K | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $7M | $7M | $5.9M | $126K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $6.1M | $5.9M | $5M | $77K | $0 | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $9.1M | $9M | $8.1M | $72K | $0 | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$2.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Martin Caron (président); Hélène Raymond (vice-présidente); Stéphane Alary (administrateur); Gib Dury (administrateur); Luc Morin (administrateur); Daniel Gobeil (administrateur); Rémy Trudel (administrateur); David Beauvis (administrateur); Nathalie Lemieux (administratrice); Valérie Forter (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from UPA Développement International’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137222279RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.