La fondation Pierre Elliott Trudeau /The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 895438919RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,143,926) as filed with the CRA.
La fondation Pierre Elliott Trudeau /The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $23.3M in revenue and $10.1M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $928.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Philanthropic Foundations Canada/fondations Philanthropiques Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $13.1M in 2020 to $23.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The foundation encourages research reflection and action in areas important to canadians. The foundation works through four programs: doctoral scholarships fellowships mentorships and public engagement events and conferences.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23.3M | $10.1M | $6.9M | $0 | $11K | $159.7M |
| 2023 | $16.5M | $9M | $6.7M | $0 | $11K | $146.5M |
| 2022 | -$17.8M | $5.4M | $4.2M | $310K | $11K | $139M |
| 2021 | $20.6M | $5.2M | $4.4M | $145K | $11K | $162.2M |
| 2020 | $13.1M | $5.6M | $4.8M | $180K | $12K | $146.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $928 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$938K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Martha Durdin (director); Bruce McNiven (vice-chair & treasurer); Peter Sahlas (chair); Duncan Reid (director); Pascale Alpha (director); Feridun Hamdullahpur (director); Nimi Nanji-Simard (director); Alain-Désire Nimubona (director); Deborah Saucier (director); Marina Sharpe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La fondation Pierre Elliott Trudeau /The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895438919RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.