Quebec · Registered charity
'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création
'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création (Quebec) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$225,857 to it, the largest being La Fondation du Grand Montréal - The Foundation of Greater Montreal (C$118,501). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,067 arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,067 arts nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Cole foundation/La Fondation Coleshared fundersportfolio match
- Fondation Sandra et Alain Bouchardshared fundersportfolio match
- Fondation Joly-Messier Joly-Messier Foundationlocal
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 79% · 2018 88% · 2019 90% · 2020 91% · 2021 86% · 2023 96% · 2024 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell C$28k → C$4k.
From the CRA filings of 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 74% · 2019 91% · 2020 52% · 2021 98% · 2022 87% · 2023 72% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
94% of 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création's grant income comes from Quebec funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 6 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Cole foundation/La Fondation Coleshared fundersportfolio matchQC · backs 45 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Sandra et Alain Bouchardshared fundersportfolio matchQC · backs 53 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Joly-Messier Joly-Messier FoundationlocalBC · funds 4 organizations near you
- Circuit-Estportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Les Amis des Fraternités Monastiques de Jérusalem - MontréallocalQC · funds 3 organizations near you
- Fondation Pierre Desmarais Belvedereportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Bourbeauportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation evenko pour le talent émergentportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Arts Foundation/Fondation Des Arts de L'Ontarioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation LCI Éducation / LCI Education Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 97% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Quebec
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création?
- 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création (Quebec) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$225,857 to it, the largest being La Fondation du Grand Montréal - The Foundation of Greater Montreal (C$118,501). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 6 organizations giving C$225,857 in grants to 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création?
- La Fondation du Grand Montréal - The Foundation of Greater Montreal is the largest funder on record, with C$118,501 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 'Chants Libres' compagnie lyrique de création find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Quebec.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register