Pathy Family Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 857688428RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,406,536) as filed with the CRA.
Pathy Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $75.6M in revenue and $22.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 51 qualified donees totalling $21M in 2024, the largest being $4.5M to Seamont Foundation-Fondation Seamont. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $22.3M in 2020 to $75.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The pathy family foundation supports organizations that provide critical aid to meet basic human needs and that empower individuals and communities to generate and sustain positive social change.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $75.6M | $22.4M | — | — | $21M | $378.9M |
| 2023 | $60.1M | $17.2M | — | — | $16.2M | $325.7M |
| 2022 | -$24.2M | $17.3M | — | — | $16.2M | $282.8M |
| 2021 | $45M | $14.1M | — | — | $13.2M | $324.3M |
| 2020 | $22.3M | $13.7M | — | — | $12.9M | $293.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21M to 51 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Seamont Foundation-Fondation Seamont$4.5M
- Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation$3.2M
- The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University$1.1M
- Children International Canada$615K
- Tostan Canada$606K
- CARE Canada$550K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$500K
- Martin Family Initiative/initiative de la Famille Martin$500K
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$450K
- Camfed Canada$441K
- Action against hunger ACF (Canada)$435K
- Ilisaqsivik Society$425K
- Fondation HEC Montréal$400K
- Médecins du Monde$400K
- Fondation Marie-Vincent$400K
- The Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking$350K
- Mi'Kmaw Native Friendship Society$330K
- Le Bon Dieu dans la Rue Organisation pour Jeunes Adultes$325K
- Outside Looking In$310K
- Windmill Microlending$300K
- Children's Heritage Education Endowment Fund$300K
- Aim for 3$300K
- Allo Prof!$300K
- Blue Door Support Services$300K
- La Fondation du YWCA de Montreal/ywca Foundation of Montreal$300K
Received $10K from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$661K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Constance Pathy (senior vice-president); Laurence Pathy (president); Mark Pathy (secretary); Paul Pathy (treasurer); Marie-Michelle Desjardins; Jessica Pathy.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pathy Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857688428RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.