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.
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.