Fondation Justin Lefebvre
Private foundation · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 770533685RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($418,731) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Justin Lefebvre is a private foundation based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $512K in revenue and $419K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $43K in 2024, the largest being $31K to Fondation pour les élèves de la Commission scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $292K in 2020 to $512K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Soulager la pauvreté en diminuant les obstacles financiers pour les enfants venant de familles à faible revenu afin de leur donner accès à des activités sportives et à l'éducation. Supporter la cause des dons d'organes en y faisant la promotion l'éducation et en aidant financièrement la recherche reliée à celle-ci.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $512K | $419K | $40K | $300K | $43K | -$91K |
| 2023 | $496K | $813K | $22K | $278K | $488K | -$184K |
| 2022 | $462K | $453K | $115K | $307K | $88K | $133K |
| 2021 | $326K | $298K | $27K | $237K | $15K | $124K |
| 2020 | $292K | $318K | $75K | $199K | $14K | $96K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- From other charities$61,818
- Receipted donations$45,472
- Investment income$235
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 $43K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $11K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Yannick Poulin (vice-président); Patrick Lefebvre (président); Marie-Pier Savaria (directrice générale); Benoit Lefebvre (trésorier); Ian Farrel (secrétaire); Éric Perron (administrateur).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Justin Lefebvre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 770533685RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.