James Barriere Foundation for the Underprivileged
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 890048192RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($258,943) as filed with the CRA.
James Barriere Foundation for the Underprivileged is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $336K in revenue and $259K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $415K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $239K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Centraide Du Grand Montréal. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of this foundation is to make a donation for the underprivileged
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $336K | $259K | $20K | — | $239K | $388K |
| 2023 | $230K | $255K | $8,400 | — | $246K | $311K |
| 2022 | $416K | $257K | — | — | $255K | $336K |
| 2021 | $313K | $173K | — | — | $169K | $177K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other gifts$315,418
- Investment income$18,426
- Receipted donations$2,000
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 $239K to 20 qualified donees:
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$50K
- Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation of Canada$37K
- Mission Old Brewery/old Brewery Mission$25K
- La Fabrique de la paroisse de Saint-Gabriel$20K
- La fondation générations/The Generations Foundation$20K
- Maison Saint-Columba / Saint Columba House$15K
- Douglas mental health university institute foundation$10K
- Mission Bon Accueil / Welcome Hall Mission$10K
- Conseil particulier de la société de St-Vincent-De-Paul de St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu$10K
- Maison-Raymonde-Chopin-Péladeau$6,534
- Liam Foundation$5,000
- Fondation MOSD/MOSD foundation$5,000
- Accueil Bonneau Inc.$5,000
- Maison du Père$5,000
- Shriners Hospitals for Children$3,000
- Centraide Québec Chaudière-Appalaches et Bas-Saint laurent$3,000
- Fraternité Saint-Alphonse (2009)$3,000
- Contact Emploi Inc.$3,000
- Fondation Source Bleue$2,000
- Garde-Manger des Pays-D'en-Haut$2,000
Received $415K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Barrière (président); Ronald Gaudette (administrateur); Nicholas Barriere (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from James Barriere Foundation for the Underprivileged’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890048192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.