Cardinal Léger et Ses Oeuvres / Cardinal Léger & His Endeavours
Charitable organization · Outremont, Quebec · BN 118838234RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($25,458,259) as filed with the CRA.
Cardinal Léger et Ses Oeuvres / Cardinal Léger & His Endeavours is a charitable organization based in Outremont, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $16.9M in revenue and $25.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from government, 48% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.8M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 95% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.9M in 2020 to $16.9M in 2024.
In its own words
Programmes internationaux visant à aider les démunis les personnes handicapées les déshérités et les victimes de sévices ainsi que des programmes visant à combattre la maladie et la faim dans le tiers-monde en soutenant un ensemble d'activités conduisant à un développement et secours d'urgence.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.9M | $25.5M | $11.6M | $1.3M | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $7.1M | $7.1M | $3.8M | $1M | $1.5M | $10.6M |
| 2022 | $3M | $4.5M | $2.7M | $754K | $500K | $10.6M |
| 2021 | $7.5M | $5.5M | $4.4M | $678K | — | $12.1M |
| 2020 | $5.9M | $4.5M | $3.5M | $619K | $5,000 | $10.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3.8M from 11 charities:
- Émile Léger Fondation /Jules and Paul-Émile Léger Foundation$3.7M
- The Gold Cross$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,521
- Howick Foundation /fondation Howick$1,400
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,194
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$681
- Fondation Desjardins$607
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$275
- Order of ST. Clare$100
- Soeurs de Sainte-Croix—
- Congregation of the Marist Sisters—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cardinal Léger et Ses Oeuvres / Cardinal Léger & His Endeavours’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118838234RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.