Myriad Canada Foundation
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 769784893RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,172,554) as filed with the CRA.
Myriad Canada Foundation is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $20.4M in revenue and $20.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations. In 2024, 50 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.1M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 37 qualified donees totalling $3.9M in 2024, the largest being $1.4M to Penny Appeal Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.9M in 2020 to $20.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Recherche sicentifique: recherches sur le liposarcome et le rhabdomyosarcome; le syndrome de lynch; la sclérose en plaques; le diabète; les liens entre l’europe et l’ukraine; l’accès à la santé en afrique; la neurofibromatose; le burn-out dans le domaine social; les maladies cardiovasculaires; un prototype transportable de bioraffinerie d’algues marines. Éducation : bourses d’études à des jeunes défavorisés; bourse de recherche en cancérologie; formations en entrepreneuriat à des femmes en précarité; faciliter l’accès à l’éducation; formation au leadership des femmes issues de pays en dévelop…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.4M | $20.2M | $15.6M | — | $3.9M | $4.8M |
| 2023 | $12.7M | $11.3M | $7.8M | — | $3.1M | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $11.8M | $11.4M | $7.9M | — | $3M | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $9.3M | $9.2M | $8.6M | — | $193K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.3M | — | $296K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.9M to 37 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Penny Appeal Canada$1.4M
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$986K
- Naseeha Youth Helpline$415K
- Canadian Cancer Society$250K
- National Zakat Foundation$198K
- Nisa Foundation$135K
- Yale University$66K
- Westcoast Sacred Arts Society$56K
- Muslim Welfare Canada$46K
- Microcrédit Montréal / Microcredit Montréal$45K
- Stanford University$34K
- University of Washington$33K
- Artruism Foundation for Art Prescription Therapy for the Benefit of Mental Health.$30K
- Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma$20K
- Je Passe Partout Services de Soutien Scolaire et d'Intervention Familiale$20K
- Special Olympics British Columbia Society$16K
- North York Harvest Food Bank$16K
- Mère en Action$16K
- Saskatoon Food Bank Incorporated$16K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$15K
- Nisa Foundation$13K
- Mission Bon Accueil / Welcome Hall Mission$12K
- Académie Zénith$12K
- Centre Lasallien Saint-Michel$12K
- Cours ta Réussite$12K
Received $7.1M from 50 charities:
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$2.8M
- Beedie Foundation$1M
- Temerty Foundation$568K
- Tiny Foundation$562K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$412K
- Leah and Paul Atkinson Family Foundation$337K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$225K
- Hope for the Nations$113K
- Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation$100K
- Stepping Stones Foundation$81K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$69K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$60K
- N I F Canadian Charitable Trust$57K
- Cidel Foundation$53K
- The Walker Lynch Foundation$52K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$50K
- Elisabeth Raab Foundation$50K
- The Flanagan Foundation$50K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$49K
- BenefAction Foundation$47K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$38K
- Cidel Foundation$32K
- Somerset Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$766K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laily Pirbhai (administrateur); Thomas Leysen (président); Hilary Pearson (secrétaire); Robert Greenhill (administrateur); Brenda Eaton (administrateur); David O'Sullivan (administrateur); Brieuc Van Damme (trésorier); Aneil Gokhale (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Myriad Canada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 769784893RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.