Fondation Vitae
Public foundation · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 118924224RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($742,400) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Vitae is a public foundation based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $921K in revenue and $742K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $240K in 2024, the largest being $196K to Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $549K in 2020 to $921K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
La mission de la fondation vitae est de contribuer à l'amélioration de la qualité de vie de l'environnement et des soins offerts par le c.I.u.s.s. De l'estrie - c.h.u.s. Auprès des jeunes des adultes des familles et des personnes âgées. La fondation vitae poursuit également son engagement envers les activités de recherche dont le développement du centre de recherche sur le vieillissement. La fondation offre notamment des bourses de recherche pour permettre à des cliniciens de développer de nouvelles connaissances de nouveaux outils diagnostics ou de traitement. Consultations pour une cl…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $921K | $742K | $295K | $9,495 | $240K | $6.6M |
| 2023 | $761K | $600K | $246K | $9,967 | $185K | $6M |
| 2022 | $554K | $572K | $192K | $9,809 | $239K | $5.6M |
| 2021 | $501K | $372K | $163K | $15K | $52K | $6.4M |
| 2020 | $549K | $413K | $185K | $35K | $74K | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $240K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $35K from 13 charities:
- Fondation du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke Inc.$23K
- The Foundation Office.ca$5,000
- Fondation Familles Lauzon et Provencher$3,500
- Fondation Laure Gaudreault$2,350
- Canadahelps Canadon$792
- Les Clarisses de Sherbrooke$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$100
- L'Abbaye de Saint-Benoit-Du-Lac$100
- Centraide Estrie (conseil Régional de Bien-Être de Sherbrooke)$85
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$26
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$25
- Les Petites Soeurs de la Sainte-Famille—
- Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Anges—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$238K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geneviève Delisle (présidente); Marie-Sophie Demers (administratrice); Michel DI Gregorio (trésorier); Julie Durand (administratrice); Marie-Claude Gaudreau (administratrice); Karine Moore (administratrice); Patrick Rahimaly (vice-président); Nathalie Shoos (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Vitae’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118924224RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.