Fondation Centre Philou
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 815998729RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,526,432) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Centre Philou is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.9M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $963K in 2024, the largest being $963K to Centre Philou. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $5.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
La fondation centre philou est un organisme voué au mieux-être des enfants handicapés de 0 à 21 ans. Elle recueille des fonds destinés à financer des activités de répit et de développement aux enfants et à leurs proches.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.9M | $1.5M | $431K | $106K | $963K | $10.2M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.1M | $346K | $68K | $650K | $5.8M |
| 2022 | -$143K | $240K | — | $9,070 | $150K | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $2M | $275K | — | $75K | $16K | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $436K | — | $40K | $281K | $3.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $963K to 1 qualified donee:
- Centre Philou$963K
Received $1.3M from 31 charities:
- Fondation Lise et Giuseppe Racanelli/Lise and Giuseppe Racanelli Foundation$600K
- Fondation J. A. Desève$100K
- Fondation DAmours$100K
- Fondation K.M.P. Folla$60K
- Fondation Yvan Morin$50K
- Fondation-Antoine-Turmel /antoine Turmel Foundation$50K
- Fondation Famille Jean-Guy Desjardins$50K
- La Fondation Choquette-Legault$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$37K
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$25K
- The Molson Foundation/fondation Molson$25K
- Fondation Famille Mongeau/Mongeau Family Foundation$25K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$13K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$12K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$10K
- Céline & Jacques Lamarre Foundation$10K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$10K
- Hylcan Foundation$7,500
- Fondation Immobiliere de Montreal pour les Jeunes/the Montreal Real Estate Foundation for Kids$6,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$5,000
- The Macdonald Stewart Foundation$5,000
- Fondation Linoit$5,000
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Fondation Luc Maurice$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,776
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$310K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sylvain Boulé (président); Paul Chênevert (administrateur); Diane Chênevert (directrice général); Luc Ouellet (administrateur); Marie-Chantal Lamothe (administrateur); Nicolas Patard (administrateur); Mathieu Jeanneau (administrateur); Bruno Guilmette (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Centre Philou’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815998729RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.