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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$10,000,700
- Investment income$4,053,045
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.