Eric T. Webster Foundation
Private foundation · Pointe-Claire, Quebec · BN 118901271RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,531,769) as filed with the CRA.
Eric T. Webster Foundation is a private foundation based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.2M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 109 qualified donees totalling $3.6M in 2024, the largest being $450K to Norman Webster Fellowship. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3M in 2020 to $5.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation manages investments and distributes grants to various charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.2M | $4.5M | — | — | $3.6M | $75.3M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $4.6M | — | — | $3.5M | $66.4M |
| 2022 | $3M | $3.1M | — | — | $2.1M | $64.9M |
| 2021 | $9.1M | $3M | — | — | $2M | $77.6M |
| 2020 | $3M | $2.8M | — | — | $2M | $62.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.6M to 109 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Norman Webster Fellowship$450K
- Lakeshore Gen Hosp.fdn$265K
- Wales Home$250K
- West Island Cancer Wellness Centre$160K
- Summit School Foundation$105K
- Saint Justine Foundation$100K
- Lachine Hospital Foundation- Palliative Care$100K
- Habilitas$100K
- Atwater Library$100K
- Old Brewery Mission$75K
- Montreal Oral School for the Deaf$75K
- Camp Massawippi$75K
- Arcmtl$60K
- Sun Youth Centre- Building Fund$50K
- Sault ST Louis Palliative Care$50K
- Santropol Roulant$50K
- Montreal Children's Hospital FND - Craniofacial$50K
- Muhc- Rare Genetic Diseases$50K
- Lower Canada College$50K
- Chez Doris$50K
- Fondation Jeunes a Tete$50K
- Ecomuseum$50K
- Aneb$50K
- Youth Employment Services (y.e.s.)$40K
- Tyndale ST. Georges Community Center$40K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$559K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert P Ferguson (president); Derek Webster (chairman); Nicolas Chevalier (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Eric T. Webster Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118901271RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.