Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 867363640RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($132,294,000) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $260.8M in revenue and $132.3M in expenditures.
In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $573.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 112 qualified donees totalling $32.1M in 2023, the largest being $5.5M to Centraide Du Grand Montréal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $151.1M in 2020 to $260.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Afin de mener à bien notre mission nous avons choisi de soutenir des territoires des réseaux ainsi que des organismes qui offrent des ressources : - Des territoires où des regroupements de partenaires qui se mobilisent pour agir sur différents enjeux (pauvreté inégalités développement social développement des jeunes environnement dans lequel ces derniers et leurs familles évoluent). - Des réseaux qui regroupent des acteurs des citoyens des intervenants ou des décideurs qui innovent partagent des pratiques ainsi que des connaissances et participent au dialogue sur les politiques pub…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $260.8M | $132.3M | $6.6M | — | $110.3M | $2.3B |
| 2023 | $164.7M | $125.6M | $6M | — | $103.8M | $2.1B |
| 2022 | -$141.3M | $107.5M | $61.4M | — | $31.9M | $2.1B |
| 2021 | $282.3M | $93.3M | $44M | — | $28.5M | $2.3B |
| 2020 | $151.1M | $71.8M | $46.3M | — | $17M | $2.2B |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $32.1M to 112 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$5.5M
- For Black Communities$4.1M
- Carrefour d'Aide aux Nouveaux Arrivants$3.2M
- La Petite Maison sur Laprairie$3.2M
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$1.4M
- Federation Quebecoise des Organismes Communautaires Famille$925K
- La cantine pour tous$907K
- Observatoire québécois des inégalités$700K
- Institut National de la recherche scientifique$660K
- Association Des Grands Frères Et Grandes Soeurs Du Québec$558K
- Centre d'Amitie Autochtone de Val d'Or Inc$511K
- YMCAS of Québec Foundation$500K
- Paroles D'exclues$465K
- 'le Petit Bonheur' de ST-Camille Inc.$447K
- Bureau de la Communauté Haïtienne de Montréal$420K
- La Ruche Vanier Inc.$361K
- Regroupement des Maisons pour Femmes Victimes de Violence Conjugale$352K
- Fondation Marie-Vincent$350K
- Université du Québec À Montréal$341K
- Programme Action Refugies Montreal$340K
- Premiers Pas Champlain / Home Start Champlain$339K
- Le réseau québécois en innovation sociale$325K
- Femmes Autochtones du Quebec Inc$325K
- Fondation Olo$321K
- Mouvement Allaitement du Québec$312K
Received $573 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions41
- Total compensation, all staff$6.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Claude Chagnon (président du conseil); Laurence Chagnon-Dumont (administrateur); Marc-André Chagnon (administrateur); Martine Vallée (administrateur); Edith Cloutier (administrateur); Stéphanie Emond (administrateur); Véronique Hivon (administrateur); Caroline Monette (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867363640RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.