Fondation Guy Laliberte
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 892558800RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,157,590) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Guy Laliberte is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $645K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Soulager la pauvreté des personnes à faible revenu et/ou qui souffrent de malnutrition et/ou qui sont malades en leur fournissant des nécessités et des soins de base au canada comme dans les pays défavorisés. 2. Soulager la pauvreté des enfants défavorisés démunis ou en difficulté en leur fournissant des aliments et autres nécessités de base au canada comme dans les pays défavorisés. 3. Promouvoir l'éducation en donnant des bourses d'étude ou de perfectionnement et en mettant sur pied tout autre projet permettant à des personnes d'acquérir des connaissances ou d'améliorer leur connais…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $1.2M | — | — | $1M | $22M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.3M | $20.4M |
| 2022 | -$2.2M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M | $20.1M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $691K | — | — | $597K | $23.5M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $1M | — | — | $913K | $22.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $645K to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation$100K
- Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation$100K
- École nationale de cirque$50K
- Oxfam-Quebec$50K
- Accueil Bonneau Foundation$50K
- Fondation Mira Inc.$50K
- Édu2$47K
- Star godmother$25K
- Fondation de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec$20K
- Fondation Les 7 doigts de la main$15K
- L'Artothèque$15K
- Fondation MGR. Arthur Deschenes$15K
- The Lighthouse Children andfamilies$10K
- La fondation Jean Duceppe$10K
- Allergies Québec / Allergy Québec$10K
- Fondation Jeunes en Tête$10K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$10K
- Montréal Cancer Institute$10K
- Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d'Architecture$10K
- St. Mary's Hospital Foundation$10K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$10K
- Parkinson Québec$5,000
- Fondation Ève Salvail$5,000
- Fondation Jordi Bonet$5,000
- Cité des Arts du Cirque$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Guy Laliberté (président); France Chrétien Desmarais (vice-président); Robert Blain (secrétaire et trésorier); Naïma Moreira-Laliberté (administrateur); Kami Soheil Moreira-Laliberté (administrateur); Moani Taini Moreira-Laliberté (administrateur); Noa Taima Barilà-Laliberté (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Guy Laliberte’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892558800RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.