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Registered — Mont-saint-hilaire, QC — Charitable Organization
Scores: Legitimacy 100/100 · Effectiveness 92/100
Financials: Revenue $4,066,079 · Expenditures $3,969,897
Centre de la Petite Enfance L'Apprenti-Sage is a 41-year-old childcare and early education centre in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, with $4.1M in annual revenue and 83.7% program spending — above the 81.0% peer median. The high 74.4% compensation ratio is structural: early childhood educators, not overhead, make up the bulk of spending in Quebec's regulated CPE system where staffing ratios are legally mandated.
Our Verdict: A well-established Quebec childcare centre with four decades of clean operations, above-average reserves, and zero fundraising costs — the high compensation ratio reflects government-mandated educator-to-child ratios, not administrative bloat, making this a reliable choice for donors supporting early childhood education.