La Fondation Familles Samara
Public foundation · Westmount, Quebec · BN 775418205RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($448,714) as filed with the CRA.
La Fondation Familles Samara is a public foundation based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $888K in revenue and $449K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $342K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 33 qualified donees totalling $422K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Fondation Victor Cloutier Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Recevoir et maintenir un fonds ou plusieurs fonds et affecter la totalité ou une partie du capital et le revenu tiré de ce capital de temps en temps à des donataires reconnus selon la définition du paragraphe 149.1(1) de la loi de l'impôt sur le revenu (canada)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $888K | $449K | — | — | $422K | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $234K | — | — | $220K | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $633K | $156K | — | — | $69K | $545K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $422K to 33 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Fondation Victor Cloutier Inc.$100K
- Terre sans frontières$75K
- Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation$40K
- Fondation Rene-Verrier$33K
- Procure des Missions M.i.c.$25K
- Oxfam-Quebec$24K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$20K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$10K
- Fondation de l'institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du québec$10K
- Give a Hand$10K
- Fondation Sainte-Croix / Heriot$9,000
- Fondation de l'Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal$7,500
- Fitspirit Community Organization$7,500
- La Fondation les Dragons Inc.$5,000
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Cultiver pour partager$5,000
- Le Gite Ami$5,000
- Cultiver pour partager$5,000
- Halte-Femmes Montréal-Nord$4,000
- La Fondation du refuge pour femmes Chez Doris Inc. Chez Doris Women's Shelter Foundation Inc.$3,000
- École de Technologie Supérieure$2,500
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$2,000
- Fondation pour l'éducation à l'école Pointe-Lévy$2,000
- La fondation Jean Duceppe$2,000
- Fondation du coeur Beauce-Etchemin$2,000
Received $342K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Josée Noel (trésorière); Richard Wilson (vice-président); Annie Boivin (présidente); Alain Denis (secrétaire); Roxanne Vachon (présidente du ca); Nathalie Miller (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Fondation Familles Samara’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 775418205RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.