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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$3,000,000
- Other income$133,888
- Investment income$66,515
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 $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.