Fondation Courtois
Private foundation · Montréal, Quebec · BN 850271289RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($41,006,246) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Courtois is a private foundation based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $132.6M in revenue and $41M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $40.2M in 2024, the largest being $27.9M to Université de Montréal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.1M in 2020 to $132.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
La principale activité de la foundation est d'identifier des donataires reconnus qu'elle désire appuyer financièrement et superviser l'utlisation de l'aide financière reçue par ces derniers. Les donataires reconnus oeuvrent dans le domaine de la recherche scientifique les musées les hôpitaux et la préservation de la nature ou toute autre fin qui profite à la collectivité plus particulièrement dans les domaines de l'environnement et de la recherche scientifique.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $132.6M | $41M | — | — | $40.2M | $307.1M |
| 2023 | $78.6M | $32.4M | — | — | $31.8M | $215.6M |
| 2022 | $25.1M | $23.4M | — | — | $22.6M | $169.4M |
| 2021 | -$4.6M | $11.3M | — | — | $10.8M | $167.6M |
| 2020 | $6.1M | $12.6M | — | — | $12M | $183.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $40.2M to 12 qualified donees:
- Université de Montréal$27.9M
- McGill University Health Centre$6.1M
- Fondation de l'Uqam$2.4M
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$1M
- McGill University Health Centre$860K
- Fondation du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$776K
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$440K
- Fondation Institut de Geriatrie de Montreal$279K
- Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation$250K
- Fondation de l'INRS$100K
- Massawippi Conservation Trust / Fiducie de conservation Massawippi$100K
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacques Courtois (président secrétaire); Marc A. Courtois (vice-président); Ana Maria Londono (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Courtois’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850271289RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.