F.c.e. Fondation pour la Culture et l'Education/f.c.e. Foundation Culture Education
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 107377574RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,220,649) as filed with the CRA.
F.c.e. Fondation pour la Culture et l'Education/f.c.e. Foundation Culture Education is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $115K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $2.7M in 2024, the largest being $1.8M to Centre de Formation le Manoir de Beaujeu. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Fce has three university student centres and residences available for operation by other charities. In all these centres activities of spiritual academic and cultural formation were carried out. The activities include courses on christian doctrine moral and dogmatic theology ethics and christian philosophy talks on human and spiritual development.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $4.2M | $1.2M | $99K | $2.7M | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.2M | $1.4M | $94K | $498K | $5.8M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $2.1M | $1.4M | $82K | $470K | $6M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $83K | $190K | $6.8M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $1.9M | $1.2M | $58K | $512K | $6.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.7M to 7 qualified donees:
- Centre de Formation le Manoir de Beaujeu$1.8M
- Prom-Edu-Val Society$700K
- Northbow Educational Foundation$123K
- Lincco-L'institut pour la Culture et la Cooperation$100K
- Association des Parents et Amis de Trimar$15K
- Pretres du 21e Siecle Priests for the 21ST Century$4,500
- La Fabrique de la Paroisse de Saint-Hubert$500
Received $115K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$262K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Thibodeau (administrator); Silviia Ugolini (administrator); Leslie Tomory (treasurer); Marc Cigana (president); Danielle Morin (administrator); Louis ST-Maurice (administrator); Xavier Palou (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from F.c.e. Fondation pour la Culture et l'Education/f.c.e. Foundation Culture Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107377574RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.