Patro Le Pivot

What Patro Le Pivot does

Patro Le Pivot (legal entity: Centre communautaire de Beauport inc.) is a registered Canadian non-profit charity operating three community centers in the Beauport arrondissement of Quebec City. Founded in 1982 as Centre communautaire des Chutes and consolidated through a 1996 merger of four local organizations, the entity rebranded to Patro Le Pivot in 2024 upon joining the Réseau des Patro network. The organization serves residents of Beauport across all age groups, with annual attendance exceeding 100,000 and 236 volunteers contributing 23,149 hours annually alongside 38+ paid staff.

The organization's product surface is bifurcated into two service pillars: (1) Entraide et vie communautaire (community support) including food distribution serving 200+ weekly, a Ressourcerie thrift store, volunteer tax preparation for low-income individuals, low-cost eyeglass services, a community garden, and immigration integration support; and (2) Activities including halte-garderie child care, summer day camps at four school locations, adapted leisure for people with disabilities, sports (pickleball, badminton, volleyball), senior services with transportation, cultural activities, and room rentals across 9 venues with capacity from 10 to 500 people. Technology usage is third-party-SaaS dependent: Amilia for program registration, Zeffy for tax program bookings, Mailchimp for newsletters, Agendrix for scheduling, and Google Analytics for web traffic.

The revenue model is a hybrid of fees-for-service (day camps at $82-$225/week, child care at $14-$28/day, sports at $15-$25/hour, room rentals), registered charity donations with tax receipts (38-42% individual, 80-85% corporate tax return), municipal funding from Ville de Québec, and grants from foundations including Fondation Dufresne et Gauthier and Fondation des maladies du cœur et de l'AVC. Financial assistance is available for low-income families. The organization is not investor-backed, has no equity funding rounds, and is governed by a volunteer board of directors.

Name

Patro Le Pivot

Legal name

Centre communautaire de Beauport inc.

Website

https://lepivot.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Patro Le Pivot is a registered Quebec City charity operating three community centers in Beauport, serving 100,000+ residents annually through food distribution, day camps, child care, adapted leisure for people with disabilities, senior services, and room rentals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Center and Recreation Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Senior Social Clubs & Community-Based Day Programs (Non-Clinical) (HSABANAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ)

Keywords

• Community recreation services
• Day camp programs
• Adapted leisure services
• Food assistance programs
• Community center facilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Clarke City

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Registered Charity Donations: Patro Le Pivot is a registered charity (organisme de bienfaisance enregistré) that accepts donations, providing tax receipts to donors. Individual donors receive 38-42% tax return; businesses receive 80-85% tax return.
2. Venue and Room Rentals: Offers 9 rooms across 3 centers for rent for events, meetings, weddings, parties, conferences. Capacity ranges from 10 to 500 people. Services include setup, surveillance, WiFi, and defibrillator access.
3. Recreation Program Fees: Fees for day camps ($82-$225/week), halte-garderie ($14-$28/day), sports activities, and other programming. Subsidized rates available for low-income families.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Patro Le Pivot operates three community centers in the Beauport arrondissement of Quebec City, delivering year-round recreation, sports, and mutual-aid programming for residents of all ages. Its offerings span early-childhood daycare (halte-garderie), youth and teen day camps, adapted leisure for people with intellectual disabilities or autism, senior activities, sports (pickleball, badminton, volleyball, shuffleboard, scrabble), cultural workshops, and community support services including weekly food distribution, a thrift store (Ressourcerie — Accèsport), a volunteer tax-preparation program, a low-cost eyeglass vendor, and a community garden. Nine rentable rooms across the three centers are also offered to external organizers for events, meetings, weddings, and conferences.

Product overview

Patro Le Pivot is a community center organization operating as a single unified entity offering a comprehensive range of community services and recreational programs. The organization operates three physical centers (Centre communautaire des Chutes, Centre de loisirs Ulric-Turcotte, and Centre de loisirs Le pavillon Royal) and provides services organized into two main categories: (1) Entraide et vie communautaire (Community Support and Life) including food distribution, thrift stores, volunteer tax preparation, eyeglass services, community gardens, and immigration support; and (2) Activités (Activities) including day camps, youth programs, adapted leisure, senior services, sports (pickleball, badminton, volleyball), cultural activities, and room rentals. Registration for most programs is managed through the Amilia platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Camps Patro (Summer Day Camps)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000+ annual visitors served
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Moisson QuébeccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 March 2013Partnership for food distribution program operating since March 15, 2013. Originally supported 9 families, now serves 200+ people weekly with food assistance from Moisson Québec.
• Charlesbourg Toyota et Kia BeauportminorOthersAnnual equipment collection partnership since 2010. Donates sports equipment to the Accèsports program for redistribution to families in need.
• Réseau des PatrocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2024, Patro Le Pivot joined the Réseau des Patro. Benefits include organizational standards enhancement, HR support, resource sharing, career development opportunities, shared advertising campaigns, impact evaluation expertise, and access to the Foundation fund.
• Ville de QuébeccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partnership for day camp operations. Ville de Québec provides funding and operational guidelines for summer camps serving residents of Quebec City.
• Cercle des Fermières Giffard-MaizeretsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVolunteer organization providing sewing and knitting workshops. Contributes volunteers and expertise to intercultural sewing workshops supporting immigrant integration.
• Chevaliers de Colomb de CourvilleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on annual Christmas family celebration, organizing gift distribution to children 0-16 years old.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Boys and Girls Club of Canada: National nonprofit delivering youth programming (after-school, day camps, recreation) across Canada. Comparable on youth day-camp operations, registered-charity funding model, and focus on accessible community-based programming for children and adolescents.
• Moisson Québec: Regional food bank serving Greater Quebec, including the food-distribution partnership with Patro Le Pivot since 2013. Comparable on community food-assistance mission, volunteer-driven operations, and Quebec-based mutual-aid model.
• Maison de la famille de Québec: Quebec City family-resource nonprofit offering mutual aid, newcomer integration, food assistance, and parent-child programming. Directly comparable to Patro Le Pivot on community mutual-aid programming (food distribution, immigration support, family services) within the same metropolitan area.
• YMCA du Québec: Multi-site nonprofit operating community recreation, daycare, sports facilities, and social programs across Quebec. Most directly comparable to Patro Le Pivot on mission (community recreation + daycare + social services) and operating model (registered charity with mixed fee/donation revenue).

Broad incumbents

• Centraide Québec et Chaudière-Appalaches: Regional United Way covering Quebec City, including Beauport. Broader nonprofit umbrella that funds and aggregates many of the same community-based social-service agencies. Comparable on donor/recipient fundraising model and Quebec City community footprint.

Others

• Réseau des Patro: Federation of Patro community centers across Quebec that Patro Le Pivot joined in 2024. Comparable as an enabling/network organization providing shared services, joint fundraising, and operational standards; not a direct competitor but a structural peer at the network level.

Emerging players

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada: National youth-mentorship charity with local Quebec chapters. Comparable on volunteer-driven service delivery, registered-charity status, and youth-focused community programming in Quebec, though operating through one-to-one mentorship rather than facility-based recreation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/centreCommunautaireLePivot
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-communautaire-le-pivot
• Instagraminstagram.com/le.pivot/?hl=fr-ca

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles33 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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