La Fondation du YWCA de Montreal/ywca Foundation of Montreal
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 892516360RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,650,157) as filed with the CRA.
La Fondation du YWCA de Montreal/ywca Foundation of Montreal is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2.2M in 2024, the largest being $2.2M to Y des Femmes de Montréal/women's Y of Montréal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $883K in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
La fondation a a pour mission de soutenir le développement et la poursuite des objectis du ywca (y des femmes de montréal) en recueillant des fonds les administrant et les allouant au ywca pour ces différents projets ou activités.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.7M | — | $72K | $2.2M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2M | — | $280K | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | $265K | $897K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.2M | — | $512K | $543K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $883K | $936K | — | $429K | $400K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.2M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1.5M from 24 charities:
- Pathy Family Foundation$300K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$255K
- Lise Watier Foundation$212K
- The Molson Foundation/fondation Molson$100K
- Fondation J. A. Desève$100K
- Hewitt Foundation$100K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$100K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$56K
- Godin Family Foundation$50K
- The George Hogg Family Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$25K
- The Birks Family Foundation$25K
- Fondation Famille Léger$25K
- Fondation Famille Bertrand$20K
- The Holt Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,876
- Fondation Éclo$5,000
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$1,610
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,000
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$1,000
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$1,000
- Mobile Giving Foundation Canada$410
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$237K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edith Cloutier (présidente); Rodrigue Gilbert (administrateur); Jessica Harding (secrétaire); Sylvie Marois (administratrice); Katia Robillard (administratrice); Sophie Roy (administratrice); Daniel Trottier (administrateur); Michael Tsaprailis (administrateur); Mano Malu (trésorière); Eva Falk Pedersen (administrateur); Melinda Constant (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Fondation du YWCA de Montreal/ywca Foundation of Montreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892516360RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.