Joseph and Sandra Chalhoub Melkite Trust
Private foundation · Saint-Lambert, Quebec · BN 829916691RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,746,814) as filed with the CRA.
Joseph and Sandra Chalhoub Melkite Trust is a private foundation based in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $650K in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $3.7M in 2024, the largest being $2.4M to Fondation Joseph Chalhoub et Sandra Albers. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $17K in 2020 to $650K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
La fondation melkite joseph et sandra chalhoub sert à l'avancement de la religion en propageant et prêchant les enseignements du rite grec-melkite catholique romain au canada et les principes religieux les doctrines les rite et la culture qui y sont associés. Les dons versés ont servi notamment à payer l'hypothèque de la cathédrale st-sauveur.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $650K | $3.7M | — | — | $3.7M | -$22K |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $86K | — | — | $59K | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $20K | $34K | — | — | $18K | $689K |
| 2021 | $206K | $275K | — | — | $255K | $705K |
| 2020 | $17K | $612K | — | — | $602K | $775K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.7M to 7 qualified donees:
- Fondation Joseph Chalhoub et Sandra Albers$2.4M
- Fonds perpétuel de dotation Éparchie Saint-Sauveur de Montréal$1M
- The Roman Catholic Greek-Melchite Bishop in Canada$280K
- Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur/saint-Sauveur Cathedral$17K
- St. George Orthodox Church Of Montreal$5,000
- Rassemblement des Chrétiens du Moyen Orient$1,000
- Paroisse Notre Dame de l'Annonciation pour les Grec-Melkites Catholiques de l'Ouest de l'Ile$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joseph Chalhoub (administrateur); Sandra Albers (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Joseph and Sandra Chalhoub Melkite Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829916691RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.