Fondation Merat
Private foundation · Boucherville, Quebec · BN 758353916RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($18,700) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Merat is a private foundation based in Boucherville, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $55K in revenue and $19K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $18K in 2024, the largest being $15K to l'ESCALE FAMILIALE DE BOUCHERVILLE. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $106K in 2020 to $55K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Actions communautaires développement social
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $55K | $19K | $18K | — | $18K | $69K |
| 2023 | $55K | $37K | — | — | $32K | $38K |
| 2022 | $82K | $94K | — | — | $47K | — |
| 2021 | $107K | $97K | — | — | $50K | $10K |
| 2020 | $106K | $97K | — | — | $50K | $30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $18K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$3,868
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Merat (president); Christian Merat (administrateur); Rene Merat (adminstrateur); Genevieve Merat (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Merat’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 758353916RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.