Fondation Michel Bernard
Private foundation · Montréal, Quebec · BN 850192709RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($29,276) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Michel Bernard is a private foundation based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $25K in revenue and $29K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $5,500 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to The Lighthouse Children andfamilies. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Dons efffectués à des organismes et paiement de frais afin d'assister des patients nécessitant des soins palliatifs à domicile.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25K | $29K | $20K | — | $5,500 | $46K |
| 2023 | $25K | $17K | $9,219 | — | $5,500 | $50K |
| 2022 | $25K | $23K | $19K | — | $10K | — |
| 2021 | $25K | $16K | $13K | — | $5,250 | — |
| 2020 | $25K | $30K | $22K | — | $6,750 | $30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, April 30, 2024
- Receipted donations$25,000
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 $5,500 to 3 qualified donees:
- The Lighthouse Children andfamilies$5,000
- Palliative home-care society foundation$500
- Fondation Jacques-Bouchard—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Micheline Pronovost (secrétaire-trésorière); Diane Chapdelaine (vice-présidente); Marc E. Bernard (président).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Michel Bernard’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850192709RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.