La Fondation de Ma Vie
Public foundation · Chicoutimi, Quebec · BN 119001576RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,537,875) as filed with the CRA.
La Fondation de Ma Vie is a public foundation based in Chicoutimi, Quebec, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $417K in 2024, the largest being $417K to Ciusss du Saguenay-Lac-ST-Jean (hôpital de Chicoutimi). Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Contribuer à l'accessibilité et à la proximité des soins de santé dispensés aux personnes et aux familles du saguenay-lac-st-jean et de préserver une plus grande autonomie régionale. L'organisme travaille en partenariat avec le ciusss du saguenay-lac-st-jean et les organismes du milieu pour contribuer à la synergie et à la cohésion des réseaux locaux de soins en particulier pour les personnes les plus malades et les plus vulnérables de son territoire.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $417K | $12.9M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $1.7M | $481K | $366K | $591K | $11.9M |
| 2022 | $1M | $2.7M | $386K | — | $1.4M | $11.2M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $1.8M | $397K | — | $623K | $12.9M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $1.8M | $424K | $351K | $767K | $12.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $417K to 1 qualified donee:
- Ciusss du Saguenay-Lac-ST-Jean (hôpital de Chicoutimi)$417K
Received $56K from 9 charities:
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$25K
- Fondation Gaston L Tremblay Promoteur Place du Royaume Inc$20K
- Fondation Pierre et Gisele Laberge$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$240
- Services Myriam Beth'lehem Inc$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$135
- Fédération de l'Âge d'Or du Québec$100
- Comite des Oeuvres Charitables du Conseil ST Ambroise 6875$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$97
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$512K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre Cardinal (administrateur); Jean-François Girard (administrateur); Kathie Gravel (présidente); Bhaskor Guha (vice-président); Sébastien Maltais (administrateur); Annick McLelland (administrateur); Jean Mathieu (administrateur); Guillaume Desautels (secrétaire); Jean-François Guimond (trésorier); Alban McIhaud-Herbst (administrateur); Luc Tremblay (administrateur); Nathalie Lessard (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Fondation de Ma Vie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119001576RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.