Fondation Desjardins
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 893663658RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,655,683) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Desjardins is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $28.8M in revenue and $9.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers.
It reported gifts to 348 qualified donees totalling $4M in 2024, the largest being $250K to Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $15.1M in 2020 to $28.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Promouvoir la réussite éducative et la persévérance notamment par l'attribution de bourses de prix et de dons. Faire des dons à des organismes qui agissent en persévérance scolaire diplomation et soutien à la qualification.contribuer à l'avancement de l'éducation en matière de coopération. Faire des dons à des donataires reconnus. Permettre la mise en oeuvre de fonds philanthropiques pour les membres et clients desjardins.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28.8M | $9.7M | $5M | — | $4M | $106.8M |
| 2023 | $21.6M | $9.9M | $4.6M | — | $3.9M | $87.6M |
| 2022 | $10M | $8.6M | $4M | — | $4.3M | $75.9M |
| 2021 | $17.4M | $8M | $3.7M | — | $3.7M | $74.5M |
| 2020 | $15.1M | $6.3M | $3M | — | $2.8M | $65.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4M to 348 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$250K
- Allo Prof!$200K
- Fondation Jeunes en Tête$150K
- Fondation du centre jeunesse de la Montérégie$140K
- Fondation Maison Dauphine$120K
- Academos Cybermentorat$120K
- Let's Talk Science/parlons Science$115K
- Fondation des Auberges du Coeur du Québec$102K
- Fondation J.F. Perrault pour le développement de la musique symphonique et de l'art vocale inc.$100K
- Fondation CFER$87K
- La Fondation des Coops de l'information$75K
- Institut Pacifique/pacific Institute$75K
- Fondation pour la protection de la jeunesse de Québec$70K
- Société de l'autisme région de Lanaudière$61K
- La fondation du cancer du sein du Québec/Québec Breast Cancer Foundation$61K
- Fondation Sport-Etudes$60K
- Educaloi$60K
- Young Musicians of the World$60K
- Fondation de l'Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont$59K
- Université de Montréal$55K
- Fondation Mira Inc.$53K
- The Portage Foundation$52K
- Fondation pour l'éducation à la coopération et à la mutualité$50K
- YMCAS of Québec Foundation$50K
- Banque alimentaire Memphrémagog Inc.$50K
Received $57K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Guy Cormier (président); Maryse Lapierre (secretaire); Paula Parhon (administratrice); Jordan Baril-Furion (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Desjardins’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893663658RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.