Fondation du Musee de la Civilisation
Public foundation · Quebec, Quebec · BN 887384352RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,192,334) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation du Musee de la Civilisation is a public foundation based in Quebec, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $160K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $79K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Virginia Parker Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Soutenir les activités culturelles et éducatives du musée de la civilisation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $1.2M | $817K | $259K | $79K | $10M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $485K | $90K | $153K | $81K | $6.8M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $359K | $85K | $128K | $23K | $5.6M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $350K | $85K | $19K | $136K | $5M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $871K | $211K | — | $619K | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $79K to 8 qualified donees:
Received $160K from 15 charities:
- Godin Family Foundation$40K
- Virginia Parker Foundation$31K
- Garaga: Un rayon de soleil Garaga: A ray of sunshine$25K
- Fondation Sylvie Nadeau et Michel Dallaire$15K
- Fondation Dufresne & Gauthier$15K
- Fondation Suzanne et Jean-Robert Leclerc$10K
- The Azrieli Foundation$7,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,100
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Seminaire de Quebec$4,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,440
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$1,000
- Canada's National History Society/societe d'Histoire Nationale du Canada$750
- Les Soeurs de la Charité de Québec—
- Les Soeurs de la Charité de Québec—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$85K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michel Biron (administrateur); David F. Blair (administrateur); Dominique Brown (administrateur); Claude Choquette (président); Vincent Cliche (administrateur); Albert Dang-Vu (administrateur); Marie-France Delisle (trésorière); Yann Dubor (secrétaire); François Ducharme (administrateur); Olga Farman (vice-présidente); Mélissa Gilbert (administratrice); Daniel Tremblay (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation du Musee de la Civilisation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887384352RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.