Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation
Private foundation · Westmount, Quebec · BN 119035004RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($517,541) as filed with the CRA.
Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $412K in revenue and $518K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 49 qualified donees totalling $378K in 2024, the largest being $180K to Federation Cja. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $148K in 2020 to $412K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $412K | $518K | — | — | $377K | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $158K | $482K | — | — | $385K | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $32K | $482K | — | — | $417K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $105K | $434K | — | — | $358K | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $148K | $598K | — | — | $509K | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $378K to 49 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Federation Cja$180K
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim$25K
- Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom Montréal$16K
- Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra$15K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$12K
- Neshama Hospice$10K
- Jewish Public Library$10K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$10K
- Centre Juif Cummings pour Ainés/ Cummings Jewish Centre For Seniors$10K
- Auberge Shalom pour femmes$10K
- Holy Blossom Temple$7,585
- Societe Bénévole de Propagation de l'Hébreu$6,000
- Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto$5,690
- Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra$5,000
- Montréal Cancer Institute$5,000
- Projet Genèse-Project Genesis$5,000
- Montréal Cancer Institute$5,000
- ORT Canada$3,600
- Segal Centre For Performing Arts$3,600
- Friendship Circle of Québec$3,600
- Les Amis Canadiens de l'Université de Tel Aviv Inc. CanadianFriends of Tel Aviv University Inc.$2,500
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$2,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,000
- Native Child and Family Services of Toronto$2,000
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steven Cummings (chairman pres sec); Richard Cummings (trustee); Nancy Cummings Gold (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119035004RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.