La fondation du cancer du sein du Québec/Québec Breast Cancer Foundation
Public foundation · Outremont, Quebec · BN 140684325RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,548,859) as filed with the CRA.
La fondation du cancer du sein du Québec/Québec Breast Cancer Foundation is a public foundation based in Outremont, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.4M in revenue and $7.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $630K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $340K to Fondation de Recherche du Québec - Santé. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
La mission de la fondation cancer du sein du québec est de mettre les personnes touchées au cours de toutes nos actions en santé des seins. La fondation d'engage à défendre le droit des personnes atteintes d'avoir accès aux soins et aux traitements les plus avancés d'être informées et soutenues financièrement et psychologiquement. La fondation s'impose comme un véritable accélérateur scientifique grâce aux retombées importantes de ses investissements. Elle assure de rejoindre et desservir la population du québec dans sa diversité. Soutien : aide financière pour les personnes ayant été touch…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.4M | $7.5M | $2.6M | $2.5M | $1.2M | $13.6M |
| 2023 | $6.1M | $5.9M | $2M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $15.7M |
| 2022 | $5.6M | $6.4M | $2.5M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $15.6M |
| 2021 | $5M | $4.6M | $1.6M | $911K | $1.2M | $16.4M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $6.2M | $3M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $16M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 7 qualified donees:
- Fondation de Recherche du Québec - Santé$340K
- Cancer Research Society$289K
- Fondation du CHU de Québec$250K
- Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation$129K
- The Terry Fox Research Institute$100K
- Université du Québec À Montréal$72K
- Centre de Recherche du Chum$20K
Received $630K from 30 charities:
- Roses of Hope Foundation$301K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$77K
- Fondation Desjardins$61K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$13K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$13K
- College Letendre$7,792
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$5,219
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$5,156
- The Richter Charitable Foundation/la Fondation Charitable Richter$4,436
- La Fondation de la Famille J. Rodolphe Rousseau$4,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$3,000
- Partage Québec$2,700
- FONDATION Germaine et Fernand Bernard$2,500
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$2,500
- Fondation Yvon Boulanger$2,000
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$2,000
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$1,500
- Association Sportive Monteuil de Laval Inc.$1,186
- Centraide Québec Chaudière-Appalaches et Bas-Saint laurent$1,053
- Garaga: Un rayon de soleil Garaga: A ray of sunshine$1,000
- Fondation Famille Benoit$1,000
- Seminaire de Sherbrooke$528
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99922 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karine Bissonnette (administrateur); Mario Cecchini (secrétaire); Vanessa Coiteux (présidente du ca); Angela D'Angelo (administrateur); Étienne Crevier (administrateur); Anne Meloche (administrateur); Yanouk Poirier (administrateur); Maxime Rémillard (administrateur); Natacha Jean (administrateur); Natacha Lavoie (administrateur); Josephine L. Scalia (administrateur); Catherine Patenaude (administrateur); Bernard Geoffrey (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La fondation du cancer du sein du Québec/Québec Breast Cancer Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140684325RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.