Morley And Rita Cohen Foundation /Fondation Morley Et Rita Cohen
Private foundation · Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec · BN 119046290RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($472,425) as filed with the CRA.
Morley And Rita Cohen Foundation /Fondation Morley Et Rita Cohen is a private foundation based in Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $392K in revenue and $472K 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 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 53 qualified donees totalling $255K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Federation Cja. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $106K in 2020 to $392K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Making gifts to qualified donees such as hospitals universities and charities all of whom qualify for deductions under or in accordance with the provisions of the income tax act (canada) and the taxation act (quebec) or any successor legislation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $392K | $472K | — | — | $257K | $5.3M |
| 2023 | $162K | $304K | — | — | $226K | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $243K | $278K | — | — | $206K | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $118K | $280K | — | — | $201K | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $106K | $266K | — | — | $193K | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $255K to 53 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Federation Cja$50K
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$30K
- Canadian Friends of University of Haifa$15K
- International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada$15K
- Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation$15K
- Jewish General Hospital Foundation$15K
- L'Association Hebraique des Jeunes Hommes Jeunes Femmes de Montréal/The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Montreal$10K
- Moisson Montréal Inc.$5,000
- The Toronto Humane Society$5,000
- Ontario Association of Food Banks$5,000
- Street Health Community Nursing Foundation$5,000
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$5,000
- Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc.$3,000
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$3,000
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Red Cross$3,000
- Alzheimer Groupe Inc.$3,000
- Centraide of Greater Montreal$3,000
- MADA Community Center Inc. - Centre communautaire MADA inc.$3,000
- North York General Hospital Foundation$3,000
- Deer Lodge Foundation for Geriatrics Inc$3,000
- The Winnipeg Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$3,000
- Harvest Manitoba Inc.$3,000
- Siloam Mission Inc.$3,000
- The Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre Foundation Inc.$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$167K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charles Cohen (president); Edna Carruthers (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Morley And Rita Cohen Foundation /Fondation Morley Et Rita Cohen’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119046290RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.