Hewitt Foundation
Private foundation · Dorval, Quebec · BN 713750099RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,958,403) as filed with the CRA.
Hewitt Foundation is a private foundation based in Dorval, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $54.6M in revenue and $18M in expenditures.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 135 qualified donees totalling $15.8M in 2024, the largest being $750K to Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $26.3M in 2020 to $54.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Supporting the charitable sector by making gifts to qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $54.6M | $18M | — | — | $15.8M | $319.5M |
| 2023 | $33M | $18.7M | — | — | $15.8M | $282.9M |
| 2022 | -$30.4M | $14.6M | — | — | $12.1M | $268.5M |
| 2021 | $28.6M | $13.7M | — | — | $10.3M | $313.5M |
| 2020 | $26.3M | $17.8M | — | — | $10.3M | $298.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15.8M to 135 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$750K
- Giant steps foundation$750K
- Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation$500K
- Moisson Rive-Sud$500K
- The University of New Brunswick$400K
- Fondation de l'Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue Inc.$400K
- Concussion Legacy Foundation (Canada) Inc.$400K
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$393K
- Sussex Vale Transition House Inc.$350K
- St. Raphael Palliative Care Home and Day Centre Inc.$350K
- Centre de Dépannage des Oeuvres de Soeur Marguerite Dubois$285K
- Golf Canada Foundation$276K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$250K
- Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery$250K
- The Foundation ofthe 'Université de Sherbrooke'$250K
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$250K
- Fondation de l'Hopital Montfort$250K
- Dalhousie University$241K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$225K
- Fondation Santé Urbaine$205K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$204K
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial pour la Nature Can Ada$200K
- The Vimy Foundation/La Fondation Vimy$200K
- The Cedarbrook Society$200K
- Jeunesse au Soleil / Sun Youth organization$200K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$483K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Hewitt (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hewitt Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 713750099RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.