Fondation Centraide du Grand Montréal
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 118920909RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,977,971) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Centraide du Grand Montréal is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,682.
Compared with 1,386 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
La fondation centraide du grand montréal (la 'fondation') constituée en vertu de la partie iii de la loi sur les compagnies (québec) a pour objet de recueillir des dons des legs ou d'autres contributions d'administrer ses éléments d'actif et de verser à centraide du grand montréal tous les produits nets d'activités engendrés par le capital ainsi constitué sans toutefois l'entamer.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1.2M | $3M | — | $623K | $1.8M | $49.7M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.7M | — | $515K | $1.6M | $51.5M |
| 2021 | $16.4M | $2.6M | — | $401K | $1.5M | $51.8M |
| 2020 | -$1.2M | $2.7M | — | $192K | $1.5M | $38.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,682 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Nathalie Bernier (présidente); Denise Dériger (vice-présidente); Marie Hélène Noiseux (trésorière); John Lennard (secrétaire); Bertrand Castonguay (directeur général); Léonidas Assogba (administrateur); Hélène Gagné (administrateur); Negar Haghighat (administrateur); Jean-François Marcil (administrateur); Marie-Josée Michaud (administrateur); Thierry Nguyen (administrateur).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Centraide du Grand Montréal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118920909RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.