Fondation J-Louis Lévesque
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 118923614RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,265,608) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation J-Louis Lévesque is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $18.9M in revenue and $6.3M in expenditures.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 39 qualified donees totalling $5.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Université de Montréal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6M in 2020 to $18.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Accorder un appui financier sous forme de dons pour les services de la santé l'éducation et autres domaines selon les objectifs décrits aux documents constitutifs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.9M | $6.3M | — | — | $5.3M | $119.1M |
| 2023 | $8.8M | $6.3M | — | — | $5.5M | $106.5M |
| 2022 | -$7M | $4.7M | — | — | $3.9M | $104M |
| 2021 | $15.5M | $4.2M | — | — | $3.5M | $115.7M |
| 2020 | $6M | $3.8M | — | — | $3.1M | $104.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.3M to 39 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Université de Montréal$1.1M
- Université Laval$450K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$400K
- The Foundation ofthe 'Université de Sherbrooke'$400K
- Douglas mental health university institute foundation$200K
- Fondation de l'Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal$200K
- Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation$200K
- Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation$200K
- Fondation Armand-Frappier$200K
- Bishop's University Foundation$200K
- La Fondation du Theatre du Nouveau Monde$130K
- Université de Moncton$100K
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$100K
- Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra$100K
- Mission Bon Accueil / Welcome Hall Mission$100K
- Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal$100K
- Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery$100K
- Le Bon Dieu dans la Rue Organisation pour Jeunes Adultes$100K
- Fondation de l'institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal$100K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$100K
- Moisson Montréal Inc.$75K
- The Lighthouse Children andfamilies$75K
- Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence Foundation Inc.$50K
- Fondation sur la Pointe des Pieds/foundation on the Tip of the Toes$50K
- Fondation Mira Inc.$50K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$241K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yanick Pagé (président et fiduciaire); Luc Bertrand (fiduciaire); François Gratton (fiduciaire); Marie-Josée Hébert (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation J-Louis Lévesque’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118923614RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.