L'Association Selwyn House/selwyn House Association
Publicly funded institution · Westmount, Quebec · BN 107966749RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($22,484,036) as filed with the CRA.
L'Association Selwyn House/selwyn House Association is a charitable organization based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $20.7M in revenue and $22.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 126 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $7,344 in 2024, the largest being $2,249 to Lajoie pour la coopération internationale/The Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation For International Co-Operation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Education and related services to students
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.7M | $22.5M | $19.5M | $535K | $7,344 | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $17.8M | $19.7M | $17.1M | $429K | $188K | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $16M | $17.1M | $14.8M | $350K | $12K | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $15.7M | $15.3M | $13.1M | $247K | $7,153 | $6.5M |
| 2020 | $16.1M | $16.1M | $13.6M | $325K | $13K | $6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7,344 to 7 qualified donees:
Received $1.2M from 11 charities:
- The Alan & Roula Rossy Family Foundation$650K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$203K
- 11:11 Charitable Foundation$175K
- The Bellini Foundation$65K
- The John Dobson Foundation$60K
- Dorot Foundation/Fondation Dorot$20K
- The Libermont Foundation/la Fondation Libermont$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,500
- The Lemessurier Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,605
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions126
- Total compensation, all staff$13.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Pitfield (chairman); Courtney Beckerleg (co-chairman); Benjamin Spencer (treasurer); Michael Avedesian (director); Yan Besner (director); Marie-Josee Boivin (director); Caroline Deitcher (director); Philippe Desmarais (director); Nadia Gianetti (director); Vincenzo Guzzo (director); Marie-Pier Lauzon-Laprise (director); Sean McKinnon (director); Randall Birks (director); Alan Rossy (director); Jason Tsadilas (director); Joshua Wisenthal (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L'Association Selwyn House/selwyn House Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107966749RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.