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.
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.