Jacques Lessard Foundation
Private foundation · Montréal, Quebec · BN 832475958RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($53,640) as filed with the CRA.
Jacques Lessard Foundation is a private foundation based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $98K in revenue and $54K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $50K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Je Passe Partout Services de Soutien Scolaire et d'Intervention Familiale. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $52 in 2020 to $98K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $98K | $54K | — | — | $50K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $91K | $46K | — | — | $43K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $13K | $41K | — | — | $38K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $316K | $36K | — | — | $34K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $52 | $35K | — | — | $33K | $986K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$52,522
- Receipted donations$47,200
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $50K to 18 qualified donees:
- Je Passe Partout Services de Soutien Scolaire et d'Intervention Familiale$10K
- La Relance-Jeunes et Familles (RJF) Inc.$8,500
- La Maison de Jonathan Inc.$7,000
- L'Ancre des Jeunes$6,500
- Toujours Ensemble Inc.$6,500
- Papillon Foundation$5,000
- Pro-Jeune-Est Rimouski-Neigette$2,500
- Le Bon Dieu dans la Rue Organisation pour Jeunes Adultes$1,000
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$500
- St. Raphael Palliative Care Home and Day Centre Inc.$500
- Fondation HEC Montréal$500
- Fondation l'Intermède$350
- The War Amputations of Canada$300
- Les Petits Chanteurs de Mont-Royal$250
- Centre de services de justice réparatrice$250
- Canadahelps Canadon$250
- L'Envol Programme d'aide aux jeunes mères$100
- The United Church of Canada$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacques Lessard (président); Lyne Guérer (trésorier); Martin Lessard (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jacques Lessard Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832475958RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.