Fondation De La Fontaine
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 851268755RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($217,300) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation De La Fontaine is a private foundation based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $336K in revenue and $217K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $41K in 2024, the largest being $25K to La Maison de la Famille 'reve et Espoir'. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $145K in 2020 to $336K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Aider financièrement et matériellement des enfants démunis fréquentant des écoles primaires et secondaires dans le but de soutenir et encourager leur réussite académique ainsi que leur participation à des activités scolaires et parascolaires et de faire des dons à tout organisme sans but lucratif dont démunis financièrement atteintes de cancer ou autres maladies dégénératives dans la région de l'estrie.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $336K | $217K | $118K | $42K | $41K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $298K | $163K | $98K | $46K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $276K | $205K | $65K | $44K | $77K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $229K | $124K | $52K | $30K | $24K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $145K | $90K | $69K | $5,427 | $27K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $41K to 3 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre-Luc Auclair (administrateur); Cynthia Carbonneau (secrétaire-trésorière); Gabriel De la Fontaine (président); Daniel Handfield (administrateur); Louise Lemay (administratrice); Élie Ouzilleau (vice-président); Sarah Perrien (administratrice); Michele Giarrusso (administrateur); Stéphanie Blais (administratrice); France De la Fontaine (secrétaire-trésorière).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation De La Fontaine’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851268755RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.