Fondation Bon Départ de Canadian Tire du Québec Inc.
Public foundation · Laval, Quebec · BN 138647003RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,955,857) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Bon Départ de Canadian Tire du Québec Inc. is a public foundation based in Laval, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,589.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 134 qualified donees totalling $904K in 2024, the largest being $215K to Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities/Oeuvre Bon Depart de Canadian Tire. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Divers dons à des organisme de bienfaisance programmes pour enfants défavorisés par l'entremise de la base de plein-air bon départ
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $4M | $1.8M | $742K | $904K | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3M | $1.2M | $596K | $819K | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $1.3M | $519K | $601K | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $336K | $229K | $789K | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $3.7M | $1.7M | $651K | $1M | $5.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $904K to 134 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities/Oeuvre Bon Depart de Canadian Tire$215K
- Points Jeunesse du Granit$25K
- Moisson Quebec Inc.$20K
- Pilier Jeunesse$15K
- Comptoir d'Entraide de Labelle$15K
- La mosaique centre d'action bénévole et communautaire$15K
- Quebec CeliacFoundation$12K
- 'la Source' Association des Personnes Handicapees du Haut Saint-Maurice Inc.$10K
- Moisson Beauce Inc$10K
- Centraide Outaouais$10K
- Arthritis Society Canada$10K
- Croquarium$9,999
- Centre de Plein Air L'Estacade$9,999
- CESAM - Centre D'Enrichissement Sportif et Académique de Montréal$9,996
- Bonjour Bébé$9,979
- L'Amis-Temps des Bois Francs$9,969
- Croquarium$9,759
- Maison des Femmes de Baie- Comeau$9,579
- Relais communautaire de Laval$9,000
- Ma deuxième maison à moi$8,861
- Maison des Jeunes de Beauce-Sartigan$8,770
- Dîner pour mieux apprendre Lunch for better learning$8,759
- Centre communautaire Petite-Côte$8,736
- Association des Maisons de Jeunes de Mirabel$8,399
- Projet Fées Marraines$8,365
Received $2,589 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$456K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sylvie Drolet (trésorière); Gilbert Roy (administrateur); Brigitte Boucher (directrice générale); Audrée Lebrun (secrétaire); Catherine Heeremans (administratrice); Anthony Houde (administrateur); Claude Jacob (administrateur); Olivier Larouche-Labonté (administrateur); Sylvain Leroux (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Bon Départ de Canadian Tire du Québec Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138647003RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.