Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 891285926RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,838,580) as filed with the CRA.
Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family 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 $6.8M in revenue and $6.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 139 qualified donees totalling $5.9M in 2024, the largest being $2.5M to Brandeis University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Donations made to qualified donees in the areas of community support education health arts culture and social services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.8M | $6.8M | — | — | $5.9M | -$313K |
| 2023 | $6.3M | $5.9M | — | — | $5.1M | -$164K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $6.6M | $48K | — | $5.7M | -$291K |
| 2021 | $295K | $4.9M | — | — | $4.2M | $4.6M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.7M | — | — | $4M | $9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.9M to 139 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Brandeis University$2.5M
- Jewish General Hospital Foundation$645K
- Jewish General Hospital Foundation$400K
- Technion Canada$275K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MTL$250K
- Canadian Cancer Society$250K
- Canadian Cancer Society$250K
- Fondation la Cle$180K
- Regroupemet Soutien aux Aidants de Brome-Missisquoi$100K
- Jewish General Hospital Foundation$100K
- B2ten$75K
- Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation$50K
- Fondation du Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal$50K
- Alzheimer Society of Montreal$50K
- The Portage Foundation$47K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MTL$45K
- Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation$39K
- Miriam Foundation$39K
- Fondation du Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal$39K
- Fondation du Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal$39K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MTL$25K
- Garage À Musique Centre Spécialisé$25K
- Fondation Lise Watier$25K
- Canadian Centre for Architecture$25K
- Alpine Canada Alpin$25K
Received $21K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$705K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Bronfman (co-chair); Claudine Blondin-Bronfman (co-chair); Pierre Boivin (director); Clarence Epstein (executive director); Menard Alexandre (treasurer); Andrea Orsini (secretary); Bronfman Alexandra Blondin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891285926RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.