Italienne du Quebec Inc./canadian-Italian Community Foundation of Quebec Inc.
Public foundation · ST-Leonard, Quebec · BN 107391542RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,087,969) as filed with the CRA.
Italienne du Quebec Inc./canadian-Italian Community Foundation of Quebec Inc. is a public foundation based in ST-Leonard, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $342K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $284K in 2024, the largest being $81K to National Congress of Italian Canadians - Edmonton District - Charitable Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $561K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
L'obectif principale de la fondation communautiare canadienne-italienne du québec est de soutenir les organismes à but non lucratif qui oeuvrent pour le bien-être de la communauté italo-canadienne. Pour cela la fondation collecte des fonds qu'elle redistribue ensuite à ces organismes. Les levées de fonds visent à soutenir les secteurs de la santé de l'éducation la promotion de la langue italienne et de la culture italienne ainsi que les causes sociales.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $379K | $339K | $284K | -$19K |
| 2023 | $800K | $965K | $529K | $377K | $227K | -$50K |
| 2022 | $997K | $928K | $470K | $310K | $330K | $115K |
| 2021 | $621K | $570K | $220K | $80K | $246K | $47K |
| 2020 | $561K | $376K | $258K | $37K | $51K | -$29K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $284K to 9 qualified donees:
- National Congress of Italian Canadians - Edmonton District - Charitable Foundation$81K
- Leonardo Da Vinci Community Centre / Centre Communautaire Leonardo Da Vinci$55K
- Fondation CIBPA/CIBPA Foundation/Fondazione CIBPA$54K
- Centre communautaire de la petite Italie$50K
- Fondation Santa Cabrini$22K
- Conseil régional des personnes âgées Italo-Canadiennes de Montréal$13K
- Centre des femmes solidaires et engagées / centro donne solidali e impegnate.$8,500
- L'Hôpital Général Juif Sir Mortimer B. Davis$802
- The friends of the MUHC Les amis du cusm$456
Received $342K from 14 charities:
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$172K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$51K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$50K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$20K
- Elina & Giuseppe Borsellino Family Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$10K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$3,320
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,415
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,099
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1,000
- The Luigi Liberatore Foundation la Fondation Luigi Liberatore$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo-$1,600
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$162K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rita Desantis (2nd vice-presidente); Paolo Fortugno (director); Sabino Grassi (secretary); Joseph Broccolini (president); Alexandro Loffredi (executive director); Joseph Pannunzio (directeur); Nick Fiasche (1st vice president); Luciano D'Ignazio (treasurer); Enrico Lamorte (director); Roberto Borsellino (director); Perry Mazzanti (director); Maria Battagla (director); Lydia Saputo (director); Rick Sassano (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Italienne du Quebec Inc./canadian-Italian Community Foundation of Quebec Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107391542RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.