Amelia & Lino Saputo Foundation
Private foundation · Mont-Royal, Quebec · BN 808364517RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,470,398) as filed with the CRA.
Amelia & Lino Saputo Foundation 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 $2.5M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 33 qualified donees totalling $2.5M in 2024, the largest being $1M to The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | — | $2.5M | $1,167 |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.8M | — | — | $2.8M | $8,221 |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $3.9M | — | — | $3.9M | $1,702 |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | — | $2.5M | $125 |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3.3M | — | — | $3.3M | $200 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.5M to 33 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University$1M
- Leonardo Da Vinci Community Centre / Centre Communautaire Leonardo Da Vinci$400K
- L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre$295K
- Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum$200K
- The Lower Canada College Foundation/La Fondation Lower Canada Collège$100K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$100K
- Segal Centre For Performing Arts$25K
- Point Final$25K
- The Centennial Foundation$25K
- Community Music Schools of Toronto$25K
- Fondation du centre jeunesse de la Montérégie$20K
- Fondation de la Cité-des-Jeunes pour la Vie Étudiante$16K
- Fondation Maisons Oxygène$15K
- Marner Assist Foundation$15K
- Myra's Kids Foundation$15K
- Montréal Impact Foundation$12K
- The Peel Learning Foundation$11K
- Collège Préuniversitaire Nouvelles Frontières$10K
- Équi Vox$10K
- The SITN Foundation$10K
- Nazem Kadri Foundation$10K
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$10K
- Pearson Educational Foundation$10K
- The Voboc Foundation$10K
- Ruelle de l'avenir$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amelia Saputo (president); Lino JR Saputo (vice-president); Joe Marsilii (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Amelia & Lino Saputo Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 808364517RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.