Dr Clown Foundation
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 864417860RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,359,301) as filed with the CRA.
Dr Clown Foundation is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 44 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $897K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
L'organisme chapeaute deux programmes distincts soit dr clown pour les enfants hospitalisés ou en écoles spécialisées des patients de tous âges dans les hôpitaux généraux et la belle visite destiné aux aînés en milieu de soins de longue durée.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $1.8M | $426K | — | $316K |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.4M | $343K | — | $311K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $115K | — | $205K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $207K | — | $176K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $129K | $34K | $250K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $897K from 44 charities:
- Fondation Famille Michel Fournelle$200K
- Fondation Grace Dart/Grace Dart Foundation$150K
- Air Canada Foundation$75K
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$50K
- Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation$35K
- Aqueduct Foundation$29K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$27K
- Fondation Marcelle et Jean Coutu$25K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$25K
- Fondation Famille Jean-Guy Desjardins$25K
- Fondation de la Famille Lemaire$25K
- Fondation Famille Léger$25K
- Fondation J-Louis Lévesque$25K
- Lindsay Memorial Foundation$20K
- Federation Cja$16K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- Fondation québécoise des Vétérans/Quebec Veterans Foundation$14K
- Father Dowd Foundation$14K
- Fondation Ariane Riou & Réal Plourde$10K
- Lindsay Memorial Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Kristopher Letang and Friends Foundation$10K
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$6,000
- Fondation Lise et Richard Fortin$5,000
- Fondation Famille François et Monique Bourgeo$5,000
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$648K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexandra Bégin (administrateur); Anne Belliveau (présidente); Philippe Bourbonnais (administrateur); Martine Coulombe (secrétaire); Roland a D'Almeida (administrateur); Jean-Philippe Doyon (administrateur); Melissa Holland (administrateur); Éric Laberge (administrateur); Éloïse Laflamme (administrateur); Frédéric Mantha (administrateur); Antoinette Noviello (trésorière); Vicky Wistaff (vice-présidente); Chantal Gagné (administrateur); Nicolas Laflamme (administrateur); Marie-Josée Lavoie (administrateur); Élyse Lemay (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dr Clown Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864417860RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.