Fondation Traçons un Chemin
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 813294121RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,179,100) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Traçons un Chemin is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $794K in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $780K in 2024, the largest being $170K to L'Arche Canada Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
La principale activité de la fondation est d'identifier des donataires reconnus qu'elle désire appuyer financièrement et superviser l'utilisation de l'aide financière reçue par ces derniers. Les donataires reconnus oeuvrent dans les domaines de l'éducation de la protection de l'enfance de la santé du soutien aux congrégations et communautés chrétiennes ainsi que toutes autres find qui profitent à la collectivité.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $794K | $1.2M | $110K | — | $780K | $14.7M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $143K | — | $727K | $15.1M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $119K | — | $705K | $15M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $82K | — | $700K | $15.1M |
| 2020 | $792K | $971K | — | — | $601K | $14.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $780K to 21 qualified donees:
- L'Arche Canada Foundation$170K
- Collaboration Sante Internationale (c.s.i.)$114K
- Les Grands Ballets Canadiens$80K
- Fondation sur la Pointe des Pieds/foundation on the Tip of the Toes$55K
- Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra$45K
- Les Oeuvres des Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Anges$36K
- Heritage Montréal Foundation$30K
- Le Verbe médias$30K
- Societe des Missions-Etrangeres de la Province de Quebec$30K
- Procure des Missions M.i.c.$28K
- Fondation du Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec$25K
- Les Petits Freres des Pauvres$25K
- La société de Saint-Vincent de Paul de Montréal$23K
- Fondation Hôpital Charles Lemoyne$20K
- Institut de Formation Humaine Intégrale de Montréal$15K
- Oeuvres Marie Guyart Inc.$14K
- Canadian Friends of the École Biblique$10K
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$10K
- La Fabrique de la paroisse de Saint-Lambert-Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin$10K
- Fondation du Musee des Beaux- Arts de Montreal$5,000
- Handicap International$5,000
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$182K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maxime Deschamps (président); Frédérique Deschamps (vice-présidente); Denis Deschamps (vice-président); Olivier Deschamps (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Traçons un Chemin’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813294121RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.