Lise Watier Foundation
Charitable organization · Montréal, Quebec · BN 822948824RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,943,256) as filed with the CRA.
Lise Watier Foundation is a charitable organization based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations. In 2024, 34 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $625K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $342K in 2024, the largest being $212K to La Fondation du YWCA de Montreal/ywca Foundation of Montreal. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Aide aux femmes en quête d'autonomie financière programme en développement des compétences programme en entrepreunariat
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $2.9M | $1.4M | $942K | $372K | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $2.1M | $797K | $898K | $314K | $5M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.7M | — | — | $261K | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $777K | — | — | $261K | $3.6M |
| 2020 | — | $719K | — | — | $354K | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $342K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $625K from 34 charities:
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$100K
- Fondation Marcelle et Jean Coutu$50K
- Fondation J. A. Desève$50K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$50K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$42K
- Godin Family Foundation$25K
- Roses of Hope Foundation$25K
- Fondation T4$25K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$23K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$20K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$18K
- The Amiel Foundation$18K
- Fondation Lise et Richard Fortin$15K
- Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation$15K
- Zakuta family foundation$15K
- Fondation Éclo$15K
- Fondation Henrichon-Goulet$11K
- The CRB Foundation/La fondation CRB$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,500
- Fondation Eulalie-Rose$6,000
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$5,000
- Virginia Parker Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lise Watier (administratrice); Guy Côté (président); Marie-Lise Andrade (secrétaire dg); Marie-Claude Boisvert (administratrice); Julie-Martine Loranger (administratrice); David Cape (administrateur); Pascal Chandonnet (administrateur); Annie Brisson (administratrice); Alyson Tamara Wood (administrateur); Valery Zamuner (administrateur); Christine Wurzbacher (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lise Watier Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822948824RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.