Fondation Arte
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 831716816RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,744,459) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Arte is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $4.1M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from other charities.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $88K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.3M in 2020 to $4.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Recueillir des fonds destinés aux fins charitables notamment dans le but de stimuler la création musicale et favoriser la création d'un lieu dynamique de diffusion d'activités musicales culturelles et éducatives.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $2.7M | $2.7M | — | $88K | $38M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $3.1M | $2.9M | — | $118K | $36.7M |
| 2022 | $6.4M | $2.1M | $2M | — | $76K | $35.9M |
| 2021 | $8.4M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | $54K | $31.6M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $1.9M | $1.7M | — | $7,000 | $24.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $88K to 7 qualified donees:
- Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation$25K
- La Fondation du Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf$25K
- Fondation du Musee des Beaux- Arts de Montreal$20K
- La Fondation du Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf$10K
- Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation$5,000
- Centre De Musique Canadienne au Québec$2,000
- Fondation David-Chiasson$500
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre Bourgie (président); Carolyne Barnwell (secrétaire); Michelle Courchesne (administrateur); Diane Wilhelmy (administrateur); Philippe Frenière (administrateur); Paula Bourgie (administrateur); Paul Lavallée (administrateur); Colin Bourgie (administrateur); Yves Théorêt (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Arte’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831716816RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.