Operation Santa Clause
Private foundation · Laval, Quebec · BN 835410440RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($266,844) as filed with the CRA.
Operation Santa Clause is a private foundation based in Laval, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty.
In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
Compared with 412 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Plus de 130 bénévoles ont contribué à la campagne 2023 qui a permis à près de 30 000 enfants démunis de recevoir un cadeau à noël. Ces cadeaux ont été offerts par des donateurs ou achetés par opération père noël avec les dons monétaires reçus.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | $267K | $90K | $23K | — | — |
| 2023 | $319K | $230K | $145K | $3,000 | — | $648K |
| 2022 | $377K | $215K | $170K | — | — | $406K |
| 2021 | $471K | $235K | $204K | — | — | $397K |
| 2020 | $182K | $99K | $60K | $23K | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $52K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$10K
- Fondation Villa Notre-Dame-de-Grace$10K
- Fondation Famille René et Deschênes$5,000
- Episcopal Corporation of Saskatoon$4,602
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,250
- Collège Notre-Dame-De-Lourdes$3,100
- Andrew J. Lutfy Foundation$2,500
- Collège Jacques-Prévert$913
- Toronto Foundation$300
- Fondation Jodoin Mamode$265
- Air Canada Foundation$200
- Centraide Québec Chaudière-Appalaches et Bas-Saint laurent$180
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$110
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
- Nellie Philanthropy Foundation$21
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$13K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Normand Brault (président); Thérèse Guillemette (administratrice); Christine Masse; Émilie Brault (administratrice); Madeleine Barette (secrétaire); Hicham Laaouan (administrateur); Marie-Ève Barcelo Després (administratrice); Jean-Philippe Phaneuf (administrateur); Claire Bara (administratrice); Maude Bolduc Bujeault (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Operation Santa Clause’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835410440RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.