Fondation Louise et Jean-Paul Fontaine
Private foundation · Lac-Megantic, Quebec · BN 846330991RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($135,955) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Louise et Jean-Paul Fontaine is a private foundation based in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.5M in revenue and $136K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $28.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $102K in 2024, the largest being $31K to Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Cantons. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $81K in 2020 to $3.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Elle a pour mission de constituer et d'administrer un fonds financier dans le but de soulager la pauvreté et favoriser l'avancement de l'éducation et de la religion en effectuant des dons à des donataires reconnus.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $136K | — | — | $102K | $8M |
| 2023 | $256K | $149K | — | — | $115K | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $986K | $108K | — | — | $66K | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $476K | $128K | — | — | $89K | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $81K | $137K | — | — | $103K | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $102K to 13 qualified donees:
- Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Cantons$31K
- Habitation Adaptée et Supervisée Mégantic$25K
- ST-Agustin de Woburn$14K
- L'Association pour l'hébergement des personnes handicapées de la M.R.C. du Granit$5,000
- Centre d'Action Benevole du Granit$5,000
- Fondation du Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Granit$5,000
- Fondation du Cegep Beauce-Appalaches$3,200
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke$3,000
- MRC du Granit$2,500
- Municipalité de Lac-Drolet$2,500
- Comité Culturel de Piopolis inc.$2,500
- Fabrique de la Paroisse Ste-Agnès$1,500
- Comite des Oeuvres Charitables de l'Assemblee Philibert Cliche 2067-1$1,500
Received $28 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Louise Phaneuf Fontaine (vice-présidente); Charles Fontaine (vice-président); Mario Morin (président).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Louise et Jean-Paul Fontaine’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846330991RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.