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.
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.