Fondation Gilles Chatel
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 829527365RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($86,779) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Gilles Chatel is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $36K in revenue and $87K 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 53% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $77K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Opéra de Montréal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4,314 in 2020 to $36K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Fournir une aide à l'éducation secondaire collégiale et universitaire à des jeunes issus de milieux défavorisés à des jeunes qui excellent concurremment dans leur étude et dans une activité de sport amateur ou à des organismes visant cet objectif. Aussi founir une aide à des organismes ayant comme objectif le soulagement de la pauvreté l'émancipation des milieux défavorisés et le soutien aux arts de la scène et aux activités muséales.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $36K | $87K | — | — | $82K | $356K |
| 2023 | $25K | $82K | — | — | $78K | $407K |
| 2022 | $31K | $80K | — | — | $75K | $464K |
| 2021 | $14K | $67K | — | — | $62K | $512K |
| 2020 | $4,314 | $110K | — | — | $104K | $565K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $77K to 13 qualified donees:
- Opéra de Montréal$20K
- Fondation ALÉO$12K
- École de Technologie Supérieure$10K
- Orchestre Métropolitain$10K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Fondation Partageons l'Espoir$5,000
- Fondation du Conservatoire de Musique et d'Art Dramatique du Québec$5,000
- La Fabrique de la Paroisse de Saint-Viateur$4,000
- Fondation du Musee d'Archeologie et d'Histoire de Montreal Pointe-A-Calliere$3,000
- Fondation de l'Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal$1,000
- Fondation des jeunes de la DPJ$1,000
- Fondation du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$1,000
- Camp de Vacances Lac Simon Inc—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gilles Chatel (président); Sigrid Chatel (gazzera) (vice-présidente); Dominique Chatel (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Gilles Chatel’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829527365RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.