Fondation des Gens des Cantons de l'Est pour la Recherche et la Culture/townshippers Research and Cultural Foundation
Public foundation · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 118922111RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($610,939) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation des Gens des Cantons de l'Est pour la Recherche et la Culture/townshippers Research and Cultural Foundation is a public foundation based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $638K in revenue and $611K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 95% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Richmond County Historical Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $100K in 2020 to $638K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Programs include: health and social services heritage and culture education-to support grassroots projects. We invest in and engage with ideas people and organizations that improve the quality of life in quebec's eastern townships. Beacuse of this we help people who are helping people.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $638K | $611K | $9,134 | $259 | $598K | $281K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2M | $325K | $1,779 | $1.6M | $254K |
| 2022 | $160K | $153K | $150K | $920 | $6,250 | $122K |
| 2021 | $166K | $145K | $133K | $742 | $5,595 | $115K |
| 2020 | $100K | $103K | $89K | $690 | $7,450 | $93K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 12 qualified donees:
- Richmond County Historical Society$5,000
- Stanstead Historical Society$2,500
- Bibliothéque Lennoxville Library$2,495
- Action Alpha - Literacy in Action$2,000
- Woodstock Unit 95 of the Army Navy and Airforce Veterans I N Canada (veterans Assistance Account)$2,000
- Cabmn Youth Centre$2,000
- Phelps Aide / Phelps Helps$1,500
- Uplands Centre Culturel et du Patrimoine$1,000
- Commission Scolaire Eastern Townships/eastern Townships School Board$1,000
- Commission Scolaire Eastern Townships/eastern Townships School Board$1,000
- Commission Scolaire Eastern Townships/eastern Townships School Board$750
- Centre des Arts de Stanstead / The Stanstead Arts Centre—
Received $1.6M from 11 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1.5M
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Fondation T4$11K
- The Bannerman Family Foundation$10K
- Fondation Linoit$7,500
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$7,000
- The Chawkers foundation$5,000
- Howick Foundation /fondation Howick$800
- The Bannerman Family Foundation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$51
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Bowman (director); Mary Gunter (director); Brenda Hartwell (secretary vp); James Kanner (treasurer); Jane Loiselle (president); Jo-Ann Cherg-Müiler (director); Wendy Patrick (director); Beverly Taber Smith (director); Heather Darch (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation des Gens des Cantons de l'Est pour la Recherche et la Culture/townshippers Research and Cultural Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118922111RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.