Bussandri Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 834700759RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($290,000) as filed with the CRA.
Bussandri Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $164K in revenue and $290K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $254K in 2024, the largest being $250K to World Wide Hearing Foundation Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation granted funds to charities operating in the fields of health care people with hearing loss hunger and nutrtion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $164K | $290K | — | — | $254K | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $115K | $193K | — | — | $159K | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $132K | $196K | — | — | $160K | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $228K | $209K | — | — | $165K | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $124K | $207K | — | — | $142K | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $254K to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Diane McCombe (president); Claudio Bussandri (vice president secretary); Robert Kerr (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bussandri Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834700759RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.