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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$39,781,445
- Receipted donations$18,002,132
- Other income$17,141,135
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 $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.