Giant steps foundation
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119230860RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,451,035) as filed with the CRA.
Giant steps foundation is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $5.2M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 38 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.3M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer 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 1 qualified donee totalling $4M in 2024, the largest being $4M to Giant Steps Autism Center. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $5.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Effectuer des levées de fonds au bénéfice de l'institut canadien pour le centre d'autisme gian steps dont la mission est d'offrir des services thérapeutiques et éducatifs à des enfants atteints de troubles envahissants du développement (autisme).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.2M | $4.5M | $8,401 | $199K | $4M | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $10.1M | $20.8M | $15K | $142K | $20.4M | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $9.1M | $1.7M | $121K | $221K | $1.2M | $12.6M |
| 2021 | $4M | $749K | $13K | $119K | $369K | $5.2M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $882K | $5,500 | $200K | $459K | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $3.3M from 38 charities:
- Fondation Marcelle et Jean Coutu$1.1M
- Hewitt Foundation$750K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$150K
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$150K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$150K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$131K
- Tony & Betty Infilise Family Foundation$125K
- The Azrieli Foundation$125K
- Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation$100K
- Fondation DAmours$75K
- The Birks Family Foundation$70K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$57K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$50K
- Elina & Giuseppe Borsellino Family Foundation$50K
- TSADIK Canada$39K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$25K
- Fondation J. A. Desève$25K
- Godin Family Foundation$25K
- Fondation Famille Bertrand$20K
- Zakuta family foundation$20K
- The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation$10K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$10K
- Fondation Denise et Robert Gibelleau$7,518
- Fondation Madeleine et Jean-Paul Tardif$5,000
- La Fondation de la Famille J. Rodolphe Rousseau$5,000
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
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre Simard (administrateur); André Pagé (président); Henriette Angers (trésorière); Johanna Choremis (administratrice); Richard Dufresne (administrateur); Nicholas Katalifos (administrateur); Andrée Dallaire (administrateur); Isabelle Durand (administrateur); Teresa Fata (administrateur); Tina Serafin (administrateur); Michelle Aubé (tresorier); Jean De Mailly Nesle (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Giant steps foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119230860RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.