Conseil des arts de Montréal
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 888076643RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,458,936) as filed with the CRA.
Conseil des arts de Montréal is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $24.7M in revenue and $24.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $322K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 35 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
Accorder des subventions destinées au fonctionnement et au développement d'organismes artistiques sans but lucratif. Accorder des subventions pour la présentation d'expositions de représentation ou d'événement par des organismes artistiques sans but lucratif. Financement du grand prix du conseil des arts de montréal qui contributions exceptionneles à la scene culturelle montréalaise.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24.7M | $24.5M | $20.4M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $23.7M | $23.3M | $19.8M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $22.2M | $22.4M | $23K | — | — | $677K |
| 2021 | $21.3M | $21.1M | — | — | $5.5M | $0 |
| 2020 | $21.2M | $21M | — | — | $9M | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $322K from 15 charities:
- Perrinham Foundation$90K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$65K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$58K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$25K
- RBC Foundation$20K
- Brian Bronfman family foundation/ Fondation de la famille Brian Bronfman$20K
- Temerty Foundation$15K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,800
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$3,530
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,231
- The Azrieli Foundation$3,000
- Conseil des Relations Internationales de Montreal (c.o.r.i.m.)$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$755
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions35
- Total compensation, all staff$3.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mathieu Bouchard (président); Margaret Archer (1ere vice-présidente); Caroline Orth (2e vice-présidente); Mathieu Perrier (trésoruer); Nadir André (secrétaire générale); Maxime Codère (administrateur); Yves-Alexandre Comeau (administrateur); Amélie Duceppe (administratrice); Josée Duplessis (administratrice); Ji-Yoon Han (administratrice); Claudine Hubert (administratrice); Julie Marineau (administratrice); Stanley Pean (administrateur); Roxanne Sayegh (administratrice); Angela Sierra (administratrice); Marilyn Thomas (administratrice); Caroline Marcoux-Gendron (administratrice); Valérie Beaulieu (observatrice); Geneviève Dupéré (administratrice); Agathe Alie (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Conseil des arts de Montréal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888076643RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.