Fondation Charles Cusson
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 101835221RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($645,547) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Charles Cusson is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $621K in revenue and $646K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $516K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Contact Emploi Inc.. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $977K in 2020 to $621K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To acquire moveable and immoveable property by means of grants donations or purchases without the necessity of appealing to the public for funds and to make disbursements by means of a grant or donation or to give financial assistance to charitable organizations in canada whose activities are exclusively for charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $621K | $646K | — | — | $516K | $11.8M |
| 2023 | $430K | $515K | — | — | $385K | $10.7M |
| 2022 | $882K | $471K | — | — | $344K | $10.6M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $468K | — | — | $345K | $11.3M |
| 2020 | $977K | $443K | — | — | $320K | $10.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $516K to 13 qualified donees:
- Contact Emploi Inc.$75K
- Contact Emploi Inc.$60K
- Moisson Rive-Sud$50K
- Société des Missionnaires des Saints-Apôtres$49K
- Papillon Foundation$49K
- Centre de réadaptation Constance-Lethbridge$49K
- Fondation Tyndale St-Georges/Tyndale St-George's Foudation$30K
- Santropol roulant inc./ Santropol On Wheels Inc.$30K
- The Lighthouse Children andfamilies$30K
- Jeunesse Loyola$30K
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada / Dystrophie musculaire Canada$25K
- QWF Fédération des Écrivaines et Écrivains du Québec QWF Québec Writers' Federation$20K
- The Elizabeth House Foundation$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Matthew Bird (director); Dave Johnston (director); Fariel Ibrahim (director); Gerri Lawrie (director); R Djebbour (director); Suzanne Theriault (director); Adam Settecase (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Charles Cusson’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 101835221RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.