Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo
Private foundation · Saint-Leonard, Quebec · BN 118925148RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($48,210,896) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo is a private foundation based in Saint-Leonard, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $163.5M in revenue and $48.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 435 qualified donees totalling $45.9M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Distribution de dons à diverses fondations pour la recherche médicale et autres organismes de bienfaisance
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $163.5M | $48.2M | $12K | — | $47.4M | $1.1B |
| 2023 | $186.7M | $46.7M | $1.8M | — | $42.4M | $1B |
| 2022 | $8.1M | $27M | $2M | — | $22.4M | $865.1M |
| 2021 | $409.3M | $16.2M | $1.1M | — | $14.2M | $884.1M |
| 2020 | $133.1M | $12.4M | $619K | — | $10.8M | $491M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $45.9M to 435 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery$1.5M
- Bureau de la Communauté Haïtienne de Montréal$1M
- L'Alliance des maisons d'hébergement de 2e étape pour femmes et enfants victimes de violence conjugale$1M
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$696K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$653K
- Fondation de l'Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal$600K
- L'Alliance des maisons d'hébergement de 2e étape pour femmes et enfants victimes de violence conjugale$540K
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$510K
- Watercan/eau Vive Corporation$500K
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$500K
- Le Centre Multi$500K
- Fondation l'Intermède$500K
- Summit school foundation$500K
- Fondation du Bénévolat Maskoutain$500K
- Fondation du Bénévolat Maskoutain$500K
- Fondation de l'Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue Inc.$500K
- Fondation Santa Cabrini$500K
- Espace-vie TSA$500K
- Centre Philou$500K
- Mouvement Québécois des Vacances en Camp$455K
- Centre d'Action Bénévole de Port-Cartier inc.$450K
- Fédération Québecoise du Loisir en Institution$415K
- Le centre de bénévolat de St-Hyacinthe inc.$400K
- Cuisine Collective Hochelaga-Maisonneuve$400K
- Fondation pour la Recherche en Chirurgie Thoracique de Montréal$400K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$433K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emanuele Saputo (président du ca); Mirella Scattolin Saputo (présidente); Josaphat Marsilii (secretaire); Francesco Miele (vp directeur); Camillo Lisio (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118925148RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.