Fondation de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 882081987RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,256,764) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $12.7M in revenue and $6.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $6.2M in 2024, the largest being $6.2M to Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.5M in 2020 to $12.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Recueillir des dons des legs ou d'autres contributions administrer ses éléments d'actif et organiser des campagnes de souscription afin d'encourager des projets éducatifs de formation et de sensibilisation du public à la musique dans le cadre des programmes de l'orchestre symphonique de montréal.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.7M | $6.3M | — | — | $6.2M | $102.8M |
| 2023 | $11M | $5.6M | — | — | $5.5M | $96.3M |
| 2022 | -$386K | $3.3M | — | — | $3.3M | $90.9M |
| 2021 | $21.9M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.7M | $94.6M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $3.1M | — | — | $3.1M | $75.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6.2M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1M from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Pierre Ducros (administrateur); Guylaine Saucier (administrateur); D'Arcy Edouard (trésorier); Lucien Bouchard (administrateur); Guy Chette (administrateur); David B. Sela (administrateur); Hélène Demarais (président); Andrew Molson (administrateur); Nathalie Tremblay (administrateur); Claude Gilbert (administrateur); Madeleine Careau (ched de la direction); Richard Guay (administrateur); Jonathan Tétrault (administrateur); Maxime Lataille (administrateur); Charles-Étienne Borduas (secrétaire); Sophie Brunette (administrateur); Jacques Nantel (administrateur); Claude Chagnon (administrateur).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882081987RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.