Fondation Celine Dion/Celine Dion Foundation
Private foundation · Laval, Quebec · BN 891515421RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($302,838) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Celine Dion/Celine Dion Foundation is a private foundation based in Laval, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $71K in revenue and $303K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $288K in 2024, the largest being $288K to University of Colorado. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10K in 2020 to $71K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Financer des activités récréatives pour les enfants de moins de 18 ans atteints d'une maladie incurable afin de réaliser leurs rêves; appuyer les activités scolaires liées à l'éducation et à la connaissance scolaire; apporter une aide financière à une personne malade; effectuer des dons à d'autres organismes de bienfaisance ou à des donataires reconnus; effectuer des dons à des organismes dans le domaine des arts ou à des associations de sport canadien.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $71K | $303K | — | — | $288K | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $52K | $18K | — | — | $10K | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $18K | $13K | $8,210 | — | $5,000 | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $3,895 | $42K | — | — | $38K | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $10K | $515K | — | — | $510K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$64,071
- Receipted donations$6,764
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
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Celine Dion (présidente); Paul André Martle (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Celine Dion/Celine Dion Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891515421RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.