Clarus Foundation
Private foundation · Westmount, Quebec · BN 843384215RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($473,309) as filed with the CRA.
Clarus Foundation is a private foundation based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $945K in revenue and $473K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $413K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Brock University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $409K in 2020 to $945K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Its ongoing program is making grants to qualified donees to support its mission.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $945K | $473K | — | — | $413K | $6.8M |
| 2023 | $882K | $476K | — | — | $417K | $6.4M |
| 2022 | $422K | $1.5M | — | — | $507K | $5.9M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $451K | — | — | $382K | $7.1M |
| 2020 | $409K | $346K | — | — | $329K | $6.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $413K to 16 qualified donees:
- Brock University$100K
- Trinity College$50K
- Université de Montréal$30K
- WCPD Foundation$25K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$25K
- Douglas mental health university institute foundation$25K
- Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World Colleges (canada) Inc.$25K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$25K
- Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence Foundation Inc.$20K
- Canadian Cancer Society$20K
- CARE Canada$20K
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$16K
- Indspire$15K
- Myriad Canada Foundation$10K
- Batshaw Youth and Family Centres Foundation$5,000
- Philanthropic Foundations Canada/fondations Philanthropiques Canada$1,600
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hilary Pearson (secretary-treasurer); Laura Sabia (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Clarus Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843384215RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.