Fondation Famille René et Deschênes
Private foundation · Ste-Marguerite-Du-Lac-Masson, Quebec · BN 726883291RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($134,560) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Famille René et Deschênes is a private foundation based in Ste-Marguerite-Du-Lac-Masson, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $96K in revenue and $135K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $132K in 2024, the largest being $23K to Fondation Source Bleue. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Solliciation de dons et dons à des organismes enregistrés
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $96K | $135K | — | — | $132K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $96K | $128K | — | — | $126K | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $105K | — | — | $103K | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $73K | $102K | — | — | $100K | $212K |
| 2020 | $102K | $30K | — | — | $27K | $241K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $132K to 19 qualified donees:
- Fondation Source Bleue$23K
- Atlantic Salmon Federation (canada) / Federation du Saumon Atlantique (canada)$20K
- Fondation Sablon$10K
- Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation$10K
- Fondation du Musee des Beaux- Arts de Montreal$10K
- Fondation Christian Vachon$10K
- Association de montréal pour la déficience intellectuelle/Montréal Association For The Intellectually Handicapped$8,103
- Moisson Montréal Inc.$5,000
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$5,000
- Operation Santa Clause$5,000
- Moisson Laurentides$5,000
- Fondation de l'Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont$5,000
- Fondation La Clé$5,000
- Fondation Marie-Vincent$5,000
- Fondation médicale des laurentides et des pays-d'en-haut$2,000
- Operation Enfant Soleil$1,400
- Fondation 24h Tremblant$1,000
- Fondation 24h Tremblant$1,000
- Make-A-Wish Rêve d'Enfant$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Martin Deschênes; Lise René.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Famille René et Deschênes’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 726883291RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.