Gelmont Foundation/Fondation Gelmont
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 897767240RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,801,645) as filed with the CRA.
Gelmont Foundation/Fondation Gelmont is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.9M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $973K in 2024, the largest being $556K to Federation Cja. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $3.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Make financial contributions to various charitable organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $1.8M | — | — | $973K | $23.9M |
| 2023 | $791K | $563K | — | — | $575K | $21.7M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $582K | — | — | $336K | $21.5M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.1M | — | — | $1M | $19.2M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $342K | — | — | $112K | $18.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $973K to 8 qualified donees:
- Federation Cja$556K
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim$292K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$50K
- Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra$40K
- The Solomon Schechter Academy Children's Foundation la Fondation pour Enfants de L'Académie Solomon Schechter$25K
- Jewish Federation of Ottawa$5,000
- Beit Hazikaron$5,000
- Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Maison Shalom Inc./Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Shalom House Inc.$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Gelber (director); Geoffrey Gelber (president); Wendy Gelber (director); Sheldon Merling (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gelmont Foundation/Fondation Gelmont’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897767240RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.