Fondation Huguette et Jean-Louis-Fontaine
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 822824280RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($757,882) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Huguette et Jean-Louis-Fontaine is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $758K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 25 qualified donees totalling $652K in 2024, the largest being $250K to Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $65K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
La fondation huguette et jean-louis fontaine a été constituée dans le but de venir en aide à des donataires reconnus qui notamment oeuvrent dans les domaines de la santé de l'éducation et/ou de toutes autres activités relevant de la bienfaisance.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $758K | — | — | $652K | $19.2M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $302K | — | — | $205K | $17.8M |
| 2022 | $425K | $764K | — | — | $665K | $16.8M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $244K | — | — | $198K | $17.1M |
| 2020 | $65K | $594K | $1,700 | — | $555K | $12.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $652K to 25 qualified donees:
- Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation$250K
- Fondation du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$167K
- The Foundation ofthe 'Université de Sherbrooke'$100K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$50K
- The Foundation ofthe 'Université de Sherbrooke'$20K
- Fondation des jeunes de la DPJ$10K
- Fondation de l'Hôpital de Memphrémagog/Memphremagog HospitalFoundation$5,000
- LA FABRIQUE DE LA PAROISSE DE Sainte-Famille$5,000
- Chez Doris$5,000
- Fondation sur la Pointe des Pieds/foundation on the Tip of the Toes$5,000
- Accueil Bonneau Foundation$5,000
- Breakfast Club of Canada$5,000
- L'association pour la protection du lac Brompton inc.$5,000
- Lise Watier Foundation$4,250
- Fondation Émergo$3,000
- Memphremagog Conservation Inc.$3,000
- Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation$2,040
- Contact Emploi Inc.$1,500
- Contact Emploi Inc.$1,500
- LA FABRIQUE DE LA PAROISSE Christ-Sauveur$1,000
- La Presse$1,000
- Parkinson Québec$1,000
- L'Arret-source inc.$1,000
- Leucan Inc.$1,000
- Montréal Cancer Institute$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$50K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Huguette Fontaine (président); Jean-Louis Fontaine (vice-président); Sylvie Fontaine (v.-p. trésor. secr.).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Huguette et Jean-Louis-Fontaine’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822824280RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.