Miriam Foundation
Public foundation · Mont-Royal, Quebec · BN 889411773RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,967,589) as filed with the CRA.
Miriam Foundation is a public foundation based in Mont-Royal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $24K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Ecole Chretienne Emmanuel / Emmanuel Christian School. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The miriam foundation obtains funds through various donations and other fundraising activities (golf tournaments events ect.) funds raised are used to fund various organizations including the abe gold learning and research center and the lou greenberg-miriam association which provides housing and educational programs for the intellecttually and physically challenged. The miriam foundation now also funds the centre for innovation in autism and intellectual disabilities which provides diagnostic services treatments and educations and social support services for individuals with autism a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $4M | $2.3M | $370K | $24K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $3M | $3.8M | $2.5M | $160K | $39K | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $3.5M | $2.5M | $13K | $23K | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $4.1M | $2.9M | $1.3M | $288K | $403K | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $4.1M | $940K | $269K | $1.9M | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $24K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $1.7M from 18 charities:
- Lou Greenberg-Miriam Association/association Lou Greenberg-Miriam$552K
- The Azrieli Foundation$390K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$320K
- Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation$250K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$63K
- Federation Cja$60K
- The Chelminski Family foundation/ La fondation famille Chelminski$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,500
- Elina & Giuseppe Borsellino Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,660
- Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mitzi & Mel Dobrin$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,364
- Craig Foundation$2,000
- Norbert & Gusta Roth Foundation/Fondation Norbert & Gusta Roth$1,250
- The Jaclyn Fisher Foundation La Fondation Jaclyn Fisher$1,000
- The Albert & Jimmy Lévy Family Foundation$1,000
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$500
- Leo and Shirley Goldfarb Foundation/fondation Leo and Shirley Goldfarb$450
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$750K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Norma Bercovitch (director); Michel Bitar (director); Milan Bratin (director); Sylvie Coutu (director); Warren Greenstone (president and ceo); Louis Ludwick (director); Nancy Maklan (director); Joel Paquin (interim chairperson); Pierre-Etienne Simard (director); Jean-Francois Towner (director); Gregory Vainberg; Jonathan Plourde (director); Vanessa Sicotte (director); Les Erdle (secretary); JC Gravel (director); Robert Bohbot (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Miriam Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889411773RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.