Fondation Ariane Riou & Réal Plourde
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 820470243RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,467,455) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Ariane Riou & Réal Plourde is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 40 qualified donees totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $600K to Fondation du Musee des Beaux- Arts de Montreal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $873K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
La fondation a pour but de remettre des fonds à des donataires reconnus tel que définis au paragraphe 149.1(1) de la loi de l'impôt sur le revenu (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M | $25.4M |
| 2023 | $6M | $1M | — | — | $1M | $25.4M |
| 2022 | $3M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.6M | $20.4M |
| 2021 | $5M | $553K | — | — | $542K | $19M |
| 2020 | $873K | $447K | — | — | $447K | $14.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$400,000
- Investment income$296,588
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 $1.5M to 40 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Fondation du Musee des Beaux- Arts de Montreal$600K
- Université de Montréal$200K
- La Rue des Femmes de Montreal$100K
- Maison de soins palliatifs de Laval inc.$60K
- Orchestre Symphonique de l'Agora$50K
- Fondation du Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal$50K
- Festival International de Lanaudiere Inc.$35K
- UN et UN Font Mille$30K
- Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra$30K
- Orchestre Symphonique de l'Agora$25K
- Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation$25K
- Contact Emploi Inc.$25K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$20K
- Centre de bénévolat et Moisson Laval$15K
- Service d'Hebergement ST-Denis Inc.$10K
- Ruelle de l'avenir$10K
- Perspectives Jeunesse$10K
- Nova Soins À Domicile Nova Home CARE$10K
- Les Petits Violons inc.$10K
- The Lighthouse Children andfamilies$10K
- Fondation Tel-Jeunes$10K
- Le Chaînon Foundation$10K
- Fondation HEC Montréal$10K
- Dr Clown Foundation$10K
- Fondation des Petits Frères des Pauvres$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ariane Riou (présidente); Réal Plourde (secrétaire); Jean-François Plourde (vice-président).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Ariane Riou & Réal Plourde’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 820470243RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.