Fondation Sembeq
Public foundation · Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec · BN 884251000RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($318,364) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Sembeq is a public foundation based in Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $249K in revenue and $318K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $255K in 2024, the largest being $255K to Séminaire baptiste évangélique du québec (SEMBEQ). Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Offrir une aide financière aux églises ayant un programme de formation d'oeuvriers
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $249K | $318K | — | — | $255K | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $331K | $252K | — | — | $190K | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $402K | $254K | — | — | $191K | $5.1M |
| 2021 | $282K | $249K | — | — | $186K | $5M |
| 2020 | $317K | $242K | — | — | $181K | $4.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, May 31, 2024
- Investment income$215,821
- Receipted donations$32,212
- Other income$1,000
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 $255K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean-Marie Fahmy (president); Gilles Farkey (vice-president); Jacques-Paul Alexanian (secretaire-tre); Nicholas Cotnoir (officier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Sembeq’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884251000RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.