Operation Enfant Soleil
Public foundation · Quebec, Quebec · BN 127186690RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-30. Split of total expenditures ($26,583,630) as filed with the CRA.
Operation Enfant Soleil is a public foundation based in Quebec, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 30, 2024, it reported $28.9M in revenue and $26.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations. In 2024, 35 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $302K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 46 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $18.6M in 2020 to $28.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Amasser des fonds pour soutenir le développement d'une pédiatrie de qualité et contribuer à la réalisation de projets d'intervention sociale pour tous les enfants du québec.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28.9M | $26.6M | $1.7M | $4M | $18.3M | $9.6M |
| 2023 | $25.4M | $24.4M | $1.7M | $3.5M | $17.1M | $7.3M |
| 2022 | $21.8M | $21.6M | $1.7M | $3.7M | $14.4M | $6.3M |
| 2021 | $26.1M | $24.9M | $1.2M | $3.9M | $18.1M | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $18.6M | $18.5M | $944K | $3M | $13.1M | $4.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $302K from 35 charities:
- Mobile Giving Foundation Canada$64K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$50K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$34K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$13K
- Centre de services scolaire des Affluents$13K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$10K
- Fondation Desjardins$6,612
- Fondation Pilleniere Inc.$5,000
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$5,000
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$4,588
- College Letendre$3,813
- Pompiers auxiliaires de montréal$3,042
- Fonds de Bienfaisance des Employés de Rheinmetall Canada$2,800
- Centre de services scolaire de Laval$2,308
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$2,126
- Centraide Québec Chaudière-Appalaches et Bas-Saint laurent$2,078
- Partage Québec$2,000
- Centre de services scolaire Marie-Victorin$1,926
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$1,500
- Fondation Famille René et Deschênes$1,400
- 3545261 Canada Fondation$1,074
- Conam Charitable Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions46
- Total compensation, all staff$4.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cyrille Ballereau (administrateur); Dany Bonneville (administrateur); Dominique Bouré (administratrice); Éric Cadoret (administrateur); Yves-Alexandre Comeau (administrateur); Marc Cousineau (administrateur); Sébastien Fassier (vice-président); Danielle Goulet (administratrice); Nathalie Langevin (administrateur); Pierre Léveillé (administrateur); Michel Pauze (président); Gertrude Bourdon (vice-présidente); Maude Caron-Morin (administrateur); Danielle Champagne (administrateur); Nathalie Dionne (administrateur); Fatoumata Touré (administrateur); Christian Jacques (administrateur); Geneviève Parisien (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Operation Enfant Soleil’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 127186690RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.