Fondation pour l'Art Thérapeutique et l'Art Brut au Québec
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 134845213RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,063,029) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation pour l'Art Thérapeutique et l'Art Brut au Québec is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 43% from government. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $473K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Vient en aide aux personnes atteintes de problèmes de santé mentale par le biais de l'expression artistique. Programme: ateliers de création axés sur le dessin la peinture et la musique offre et maintent des ateliers de création axés sur le dessin la peinture et la musique sensibilise la population de l'importance des arts visuels dans la thérapie.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.4M | $209K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $193K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $995K | $253K | — | $789K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $931K | $151K | — | $895K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.2M | $826K | $113K | — | $773K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $473K from 18 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$88K
- Canadahelps Canadon$88K
- The Molson Foundation/fondation Molson$50K
- Fondation J. A. Desève$50K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$50K
- Fondation Phila$35K
- Audain Foundation$25K
- Godin Family Foundation$25K
- Chamandy Foundation$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- Fondation Famille Léger$10K
- Simple Plan Foundation$10K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$5,500
- Fondation Carmand Normand$4,050
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Céline & Jacques Lamarre Foundation$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$20
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions41
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leon DR Tourian (president); Alexendre ST-Jacques (tresorier); Daniel Richard (vp); Frederic Palardy (secrétaire); Danielle Champagne (adm); Robert Dutton (adm); Annie Gauthier (présidente fondatrice); Jean Pierre Dumont (adm); Jean Bernard Trudeau (adm); Samuel Jeanson (adm); Suzanne Lamarre (adm).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation pour l'Art Thérapeutique et l'Art Brut au Québec’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134845213RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.