Fondation Famille Jean-Guy Desjardins
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 857819049RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($446,337) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Famille Jean-Guy Desjardins is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $445K in revenue and $446K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $300K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $430K in 2024, the largest being $200K to Lakefield College School Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $685K in 2020 to $445K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Verser des dons à des donataires reconnus
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $445K | $446K | — | — | $430K | $4,069 |
| 2023 | $401K | $418K | — | — | $400K | $5,406 |
| 2022 | $325K | $314K | — | — | $298K | $22K |
| 2021 | $117K | $107K | — | — | $90K | $11K |
| 2020 | $685K | $653K | — | — | $635K | $1,229 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $430K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $300K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$10K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean-Guy Desjardins (président); Isabelle Desjardins (secretaire); Benoit Desjardins (trésorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Famille Jean-Guy Desjardins’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857819049RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.