Bourassa Savaria Foundation
Private foundation · Laval, Quebec · BN 848140570RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($282,627) as filed with the CRA.
Bourassa Savaria Foundation is a private foundation based in Laval, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $438K in revenue and $283K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 24 qualified donees totalling $313K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Foundation Neuro-Efficiency Québec. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $273K in 2020 to $438K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
La fondation est constituée comme un organisme sans but lucratif en vertu de la partie iii de la loi sur les compagnie (québec). Son objectif est de remettre des fonds à des organismes de bienfaisance notamment ceux qui viennent en aide à des personnes à mobilité restreinte.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $438K | $283K | — | — | $283K | — |
| 2023 | $359K | $266K | — | — | $265K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $237K | $266K | — | — | $266K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $298K | $202K | — | — | $202K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $273K | $195K | — | — | $194K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $313K to 24 qualified donees:
- Foundation Neuro-Efficiency Québec$50K
- Laura Lémerveil$21K
- Spinal Cord Injury Ontario$20K
- Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation$20K
- Ontario Society for Crippled Children$20K
- REA Foundation$20K
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$20K
- AlterGo Association$20K
- AlterGo Association$20K
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada / Dystrophie musculaire Canada$12K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$10K
- The Cedarbrook Society$10K
- Fondation HEC Montréal$10K
- The Safehaven Project for Community Living$8,000
- Neil Squire Society$8,000
- Fireflies' Homes Respite and Accommodation Center$7,521
- Ability New Brunswick Inc./capacite Nouveau-Brunswick Inc.$6,000
- The Sunshine Foundation of Canada$5,000
- SCSP-Monteregie$5,000
- Fondation des Enfants de l'Ecole Jean-Piaget$5,000
- Fondation des Enfants de l'Ecole Jean-Piaget$5,000
- SP Canada - Montérégie$5,000
- Fondation Le Pilier$4,500
- Go Jeunesse$779
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marcel Bourassa (président); Jean-Marie Bourassa (vice-président); Marie-Pierre Bourassa (vice-président).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bourassa Savaria Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848140570RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.