Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 892013608RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,145,910) as filed with the CRA.
Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $13M in revenue and $12.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 87 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.3M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10.2M in 2024, the largest being $10.2M to Mission Old Brewery/old Brewery Mission. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.2M in 2020 to $13M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
La fondation collecte des fonds pour la mission old brewery qui offre des services d'urgence de transition et de logement à plus de 4000 personnes en situation d'itinérance à montréal annuellement afin de favoriser la réinsertation sociale. On y sert 400 000 repas et accueille des clients pour 150 000 nuitées. A chaque année la mission old brewery aide plus de 600 personnes à retrouver leur place dans la société.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13M | $12.1M | — | $415K | $10.2M | $16.8M |
| 2023 | $5.9M | $5.9M | — | $1.1M | $4.3M | $15.9M |
| 2022 | $7.1M | $6.3M | — | $875K | $5M | $15.9M |
| 2021 | $8.9M | $4.1M | — | $763K | $3M | $15.1M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $4.8M | $0 | $929K | $3.6M | $10.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, March 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$7,136,208
- From other charities$2,983,867
- Investment income$829,554
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10.2M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $7.3M from 87 charities:
- Fondation Marcelle et Jean Coutu$3.1M
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$1.5M
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$345K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$300K
- Fondation J. A. Desève$250K
- Hewitt Foundation$250K
- Fondation Janine Bombardier$120K
- The Molson Foundation/fondation Molson$100K
- Colin J. Adair Charitable Foundation$100K
- Fondation J-Louis Lévesque$100K
- Doggone Foundation$75K
- WCPD Foundation$69K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$65K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$50K
- Godin Family Foundation$50K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$50K
- John Patrick Colfer Family Foundation$50K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$47K
- The Peacock family foundation$40K
- The Holt Foundation$30K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$30K
- BenefAction Foundation$28K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$26K
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$25K
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$849K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harout Chitilian (administrateur); Caroline Vermette (trésorière); Roger Fournelle (président du conseil).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892013608RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.