Fondation Docteur Sadok Besrour
Private foundation · Montréal, Quebec · BN 831861216RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,881,059) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Docteur Sadok Besrour is a private foundation based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $1.8M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Université de Montréal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $923K in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
La fondation a été constituée dans le but de venir en aide à des oeuvres humanitaires éducatives et de bienfaisance.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.8M | $9.8M |
| 2023 | $716K | $1.4M | $5,391 | — | $1.2M | $10.5M |
| 2022 | $525K | $496K | — | — | $408K | $10.8M |
| 2021 | $707K | $185K | — | — | $117K | $12.9M |
| 2020 | $923K | $195K | — | — | $140K | $11.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.8M to 7 qualified donees:
- Université de Montréal$1.1M
- L'Organisaiton des Nations Unies et Ses Organismes$274K
- Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine$200K
- Fondation de la vallée du Richelieu$150K
- Collaboration Sante Internationale (c.s.i.)$74K
- Fondation du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$10K
- Groupe de recherche des maladies rhumatismales du Québec$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sadok Besrour (présidente); France Bissonnette (secrétaire); Janine Bissonnette (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Docteur Sadok Besrour’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831861216RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.