Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 823328554RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,174,052) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $10.4M in revenue and $5.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 64 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $4.2M in 2024, the largest being $2.2M to Ciusss du Centre Ouest de l'Ile de Montréal. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The mission of the habilitas foundation / fondation habilitas (formerly madb-mackay foundation) is to raise manage and disburse funds in support of physical rehabilitation services for the following four impairment areas: - deaf and hard of hearing - visual impairment - motor impairment - communication disorders
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.4M | $5.2M | $42K | $144K | $4.2M | $42.9M |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $7.7M | $45K | $185K | $6.7M | $37.7M |
| 2022 | $6.6M | $4.6M | $31K | $178K | $3.7M | $41.5M |
| 2021 | $11.6M | $3.9M | — | $144K | $3.1M | $39.5M |
| 2020 | -$292K | $4.5M | — | $188K | $3.6M | $31.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4.2M to 5 qualified donees:
- Ciusss du Centre Ouest de l'Ile de Montréal$2.2M
- Centre Mackay$1.3M
- Action Centre$588K
- Québec Federation of the Blind$22K
- English-Montreal School Board/Commission Scolaire English-Montreal$10K
Received $1.1M from 64 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$208K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$71K
- The George Hogg Family Foundation$70K
- The Peacock family foundation$60K
- Chamandy Foundation$51K
- Colin J. Adair Charitable Foundation$50K
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$35K
- Benny & Co. Foundation$33K
- The William and Nancy Turner Foundation/la Fondation William et Nancy Turner$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$28K
- Altru Foundation Inc.$25K
- Doggone Foundation$25K
- Air Canada Foundation$25K
- Adler & Lipkus Foundation$25K
- Fondation Famille Mongeau/Mongeau Family Foundation$25K
- The Lady Emily Tait Memorial Fund$23K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$21K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$20K
- Bourassa Savaria Foundation$20K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$20K
- The Azrieli Foundation$16K
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$15K
- Brodrum Family Foundation$15K
- Godin Family Foundation$15K
- Fiducie Charitable Fournier-Ethier$13K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$677K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kippy Wiegand (chairman); Alana Geller (director); Richard Bond (vicechair); Kurt Johnson (director); Matthew Chaussé (treasurer); Jacqueline Kost (director); Alysa Langburt (director); Heather Michelin (director); Neil Matheson (director); Abigail Greenidge (director); Michael Prupas (director); Aaron Warnongbri (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 823328554RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.