Blue Metropolis Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 885168948RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,093,681) as filed with the CRA.
Blue Metropolis Foundation is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 58% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $316K.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Alphabétisation et littérature: activités mettant en contact des écrivains et des lecteurs. Programmes éducatifs: collaborations avec des écoles francophones et anglophones à travers la canada. Festival littéraire international de montréal métropolis blue: en français anglais et espagnol; attire à montréal les grands noms de la littérature mondiale.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $962K | $39K | — | $178K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.1M | $951K | — | — | $178K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $996K | $897K | — | — | $227K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $162K |
| 2020 | $950K | $896K | $816K | — | — | $135K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $316K from 16 charities:
- Sauvé Foundation$150K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$84K
- The Cole foundation/La Fondation Cole$25K
- Garaga: Un rayon de soleil Garaga: A ray of sunshine$11K
- Godin Family Foundation$10K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$6,500
- The Azrieli Foundation$6,500
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$6,180
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$5,000
- Fondation J. A. Desève$5,000
- Chadha Family Foundation$2,500
- QWF Fédération des Écrivaines et Écrivains du Québec QWF Québec Writers' Federation$1,500
- Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mitzi & Mel Dobrin$1,000
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$1,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$384
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$438K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mélanie Bernier (administrateur); Joffrey Bienvenue (administrateur); Youssef Fichtali (administrateur); Louise-Ann Maziak (présidente); Katherine Nikidis (vice-présidente); Clémentine Sallée (administrateur); Pierre-André Themens (secrétaire); Anne Whitelaw (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blue Metropolis Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885168948RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.