Fondation Sourdine
Public foundation · Quebec, Quebec · BN 887378958RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($747,427) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Sourdine is a public foundation based in Quebec, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $747K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $149K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $218K in 2024, the largest being $218K to École oraliste de Québec pour enfants malentendants ou sourds. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $289K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
L'organisme a pour but d'aider des enfants sourds à développer leur langage et leurs habiletés de communication. L'organisme soutient des enfants épouvant d'importantes difficultés de communication liées ou non à la surdité.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $747K | $7,380 | $270K | $218K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $730K | $804K | $5,600 | $190K | $470K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $507K | $527K | $8,600 | $124K | $246K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $342K | $273K | $3,660 | $75K | $80K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $289K | $269K | — | $46K | $102K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $218K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $149K from 12 charities:
- La Fondation des Sourds du Quebec (f.s.q.) Inc.$68K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$55K
- Fiducie Charitable Fournier-Ethier$5,000
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Tenaquip Foundation$5,000
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$2,000
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$1,200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$973
- South Shore Furniture Foundation$900
- Fondation Nordiques$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$252
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lyne Bégin (trésorier); Marc Bérubé (administrateur); Keven Bilodeau-Tremblay (administrateur); Jessie Boissoneault (administratrice); Farouk Cheïka (administratrice); Julien-Pierre Côté (administrateur); Mario Desgagnés (administrateur); Jenna Dubé (administratrice); Laurie Dulude-Robitaille (administratrice); Sandra Ferguson (administratrice); Marie-Hélène Guay (administratrice); Sarah Pelletier (administratrice); André Phan (président); Marc-Antoine Reid (administrateur); Jean-Sebastin Rodriguez (administrateur); Isabelle Savage (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Sourdine’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887378958RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.