Nellie Philanthropy Foundation
Public foundation · Westmount, Quebec · BN 875106817RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($309,145) as filed with the CRA.
Nellie Philanthropy Foundation is a public foundation based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $245K in revenue and $309K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 78% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $169K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 44 qualified donees totalling $258K in 2024, the largest being $92K to PayPal Giving Fund Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation primarily disburses funds to other qualified donees. We also collect and disburse funds for the jewish genetic disorders fund and motherfood international in addition to collecting marketable securities under the commumnity shares program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $245K | $309K | $15K | — | $248K | $290K |
| 2023 | $270K | $218K | $56K | — | $162K | $381K |
| 2022 | $161K | $115K | — | — | $92K | $330K |
| 2021 | $152K | $109K | $36K | — | $73K | $270K |
| 2020 | $226K | $157K | $66K | — | $91K | $220K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $258K to 44 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$92K
- Federation Cja$92K
- Camp B'Nai B'Rith of Ottawa Incorporated$13K
- The Corporation of Spanish and Portugese Jews Shearith Isr ael of Montreal$13K
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada/societe de Leucemie & Lymphome du Canada$5,502
- L'Association Hebraique des Jeunes Hommes Jeunes Femmes de Montréal/The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Montreal$4,837
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$4,600
- Les Amis Canadiens de l'Université de Tel Aviv Inc. CanadianFriends of Tel Aviv University Inc.$3,600
- Bread and Beyond Foundation$3,600
- Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors Foundation/fondation Centre Juif Cummings pour Aines$3,050
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$2,894
- Alzheimer Groupe (a.g.i.) Inc.$2,480
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$2,010
- Montreal Holocaust Museum$2,000
- Fondation 'pour enfants seulement'/'Just for kids'foundation$2,000
- Federation Cja$2,000
- Solomon Schechter Academy$1,950
- Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation$1,500
- Fondation Les 7 doigts de la main$1,000
- Canadian Cancer Society$650
- Organisation CHABAD Westmount / Westmount CHABAD Organization$500
- Movember Canada$500
- Agence Ometz$500
- Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Maison Shalom Inc./Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Shalom House Inc.$360
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto$360
Received $169K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Lisbona (president); Melissa Margles (fundraiser for jewish gen hosp); Julie Kristof (consultant); Eric Kimmel (businessman); Jeffrey Baikowitz (businessman).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nellie Philanthropy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875106817RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.