Émile Léger Fondation /Jules and Paul-Émile Léger Foundation
Public foundation · Outremont, Quebec · BN 118923689RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,117,151) as filed with the CRA.
Émile Léger Fondation /Jules and Paul-Émile Léger Foundation is a public foundation based in Outremont, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $12.2M in revenue and $12.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations. In 2024, 42 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.4M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 45 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $5.3M in 2024, the largest being $3.7M to Cardinal Léger et Ses Oeuvres / Cardinal Léger & His Endeavours.
In its own words
Programmes reliés à l'éducation la santé ou à des oeuvres humanitaires tant au canada qu'à l'étranger. Soutien financier d'organismes de bienfaisance affiliés. Suivi évaluation et coordination de programmes à l'étranger.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.2M | $12.1M | — | $239K | $5.3M | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $13.1M | $14.4M | — | $839K | $7.1M | $7.6M |
| 2022 | $7.4M | $9.7M | — | $459K | $4.7M | $8.9M |
| 2021 | $10.6M | $8.7M | — | $523K | $3.9M | $11.3M |
| 2020 | $11.5M | $9.4M | — | $1.7M | $4.5M | $9.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$6,463,100
- Investment income$2,323,828
- Other gifts$1,692,980
- Receipted donations$1,559,945
- From other charities$136,607
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.3M to 6 qualified donees:
Received $1.4M from 42 charities:
- Fondation de la JOC$659K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$325K
- The Gold Cross$112K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$74K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$50K
- Fondation Bergeron-Jetté$50K
- John Patrick Colfer Family Foundation$45K
- Fiducie testamentaire de Bernadette St-Laurent$23K
- Fonds Gabrielle Roy$21K
- Aqueduct Foundation$20K
- Fondation Edward Assh$12K
- Oeuvres Regis-Vernet$10K
- F. K. Morrow Foundation$7,500
- Legs Frères-Saint-Gabriel$6,000
- Fondation Denise et Robert Gibelleau$5,118
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,000
- Fondation Linoit$5,000
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$3,000
- Fondation Eulalie-Rose$3,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,500
- Mar-Kin Foundation$2,500
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,605
- Fondation Martineau-Drapeau$1,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,403
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
- $80,000–119,99911 positions
- $40,000–79,99930 positions
- Permanent full-time positions45
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Émile Léger Fondation /Jules and Paul-Émile Léger Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118923689RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.