Philanthropic Foundations Canada/fondations Philanthropiques Canada
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 892952128RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,236,829) as filed with the CRA.
Philanthropic Foundations Canada/fondations Philanthropiques Canada is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from other charities. In 2024, 55 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $614K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $250 in 2024, the largest being $250 to Fondation Marie-Vincent. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.5M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Objectifs de l'organisation: a) d'améliorer l'efficacité des fondations de bienfaisance au canada par le biais de programmes éducatifs et autres concernant la gouvernance interne et les questions opérationnelles des fondations de bienfaisance ; b) encourager et faire progresser la création et le développement des fondations de bienfaisance au canada par le biais de programmes éducatifs portant sur les buts les objectifs et les activités des fondations de bienfaisance canadiennes ; c) faire connaître au public le travail effectué par les fondations de bienfaisance canadiennes en effectuan…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.1M | — | $250 | $920K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $878K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $839K |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.3M | — | $383K | $796K |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3.3M | — | — | $791K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $250 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $614K from 55 charities:
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$90K
- Weston Family Foundation$55K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$30K
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$25K
- Temerty Foundation$25K
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$24K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$21K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$21K
- The Sonor Foundation$20K
- Community Foundations of Canada$20K
- The Houssian Foundation$17K
- Shaw Family Foundation$16K
- The Counselling Foundation of Canada$15K
- Toronto Foundation$15K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$15K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$14K
- La fondation Pierre Elliott Trudeau /The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation$11K
- Thistledown Foundation$11K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$10K
- Carthy Foundation$10K
- Inspirit Foundation$10K
- WCPD Foundation$10K
- Leslois Shaw Foundation$9,555
- The Windsor Foundation$9,555
- The McLean Foundation$9,555
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amanda Bernard (directrice); Djaka Blais-Amare (directeur); Adwoa K. Buahene (director); Lisa Cirillo (director); Ina Gutium-Vasiliev (vice-chair); Michelle Ledonne (director); Simon Mallett (chair); Teresa Marques (director); Amanda Mayer (treasurer); Cameron Miller (secretary); Lara O'Donnell (director); Mritunjay Sinha (director); Sylvie Trottier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Philanthropic Foundations Canada/fondations Philanthropiques Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892952128RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.