Altru Foundation Inc.
Private foundation · Mont-Royal, Quebec · BN 890185440RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,879,663) as filed with the CRA.
Altru Foundation Inc. is a private foundation based in Mont-Royal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 36 qualified donees totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $200K to Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
As in previous years programs included donating funds to needy charities across canada especially those charities that work with the less fortunate
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.7M | $33M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $927K | — | — | $750K | $27.9M |
| 2022 | $11.2M | $657K | — | — | $500K | $26.7M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $595K | — | — | $475K | $16.1M |
| 2020 | -$357K | $539K | — | — | $430K | $13M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 36 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$200K
- Batshaw Youth and Family Centres Foundation$100K
- Mission Bon Accueil / Welcome Hall Mission$60K
- Jeunesse au Soleil / Sun Youth organization$60K
- Logifem inc.$60K
- Centre Communautaire Tyndale ST-Georges$55K
- Share the Warmth Foundation$55K
- Moisson Montréal Inc.$55K
- The Lighthouse Children andfamilies$55K
- Fondation Marie-Vincent$55K
- La Fondation du refuge pour femmes Chez Doris Inc. Chez Doris Women's Shelter Foundation Inc.$55K
- Communauté Hadley Inc. Hadley Community Inc.$50K
- Centre Mackay$50K
- Alima Centre de nutrition sociale périnatale/Alima Perinatal Social Nutrition Centre$45K
- Regroupement: 'entre mamans' inc.$45K
- Breakfast Club of Canada$45K
- Le Bouclier d'Athena Services Familiaux/The Shield of Athena Family Services$45K
- The Montreal Community Cares Foundation/La fondation communaute de Montréal à coeur$40K
- Hébergement la C.A.S.A. Bernard Hubert$40K
- Benedict Labre House Inc.$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$40K
- Refuge des Jeunes de Montreal$40K
- Résilience Montréal$40K
- Centre d'action bénévole de montréal inc./Volunteer Bureau Of Montreal$40K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$40K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nelson Barakett (president-treasurer); Huguette Filion Hardy (director); Helen D Barakett (secretary); Paule Hardy (vice-president); Albert De Luca (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Altru Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890185440RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.