Pillars Trust Fund inc.
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119093326RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($323,247) as filed with the CRA.
Pillars Trust Fund inc. is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $488K in revenue and $323K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $141K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $212K in 2024, the largest being $49K to The Newman Association of Montreal Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
A fundraising campaign is held to support the activities carried on by pillars trust fund inc. And to fund a number of other catholic charties including newman association of montreal diocesan priesthood guild english speaking catholic counsel and other organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $488K | $323K | $69K | $13K | $212K | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $476K | $396K | $86K | $48K | $180K | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $376K | $388K | $151K | $19K | $121K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $268K | $321K | $107K | $18K | $131K | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $388K | $432K | $146K | $24K | $228K | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $212K to 23 qualified donees:
- The Newman Association of Montreal Inc.$49K
- Diocesan Priesthood Guild of Montreal$40K
- English-Speaking Catholic Council Inc./conseil Catholique de l'Expression Anglaise Inc.$25K
- The Fabrique of the Parish of Saint Willibrord Archidiocese de Montreal$25K
- Momentum: Catholic Single Mothers$18K
- The Corporation of the Holy Family Catholic Community$8,065
- St. Raphael Palliative Care Home and Day Centre Inc.$7,750
- The Fabrique of the Parish of Ascension of Our Lord Archidiocese de Montreal$6,367
- The Fabrique of the Parish of Saint Ignatius of Loyola Archidiocese de Montreal$5,790
- La Fabrique de la Paroisse de Saint-Richard Archidiocese de Montreal$5,000
- The Fabrique of the Parish of Saint Kevin Archidiocese de Montreal$5,000
- La fabrique de la paroisse de Saint-Thomas-a-Becket$3,573
- Black Rock Montreal Irish Monument Park Foundation$3,000
- Corporation Archiepiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montreal$2,500
- The Society for the Propagation of the Faith for Canada English Sector$1,000
- Église Sainte-Hilda/St. Hilda's Church$1,000
- Corporation Archiepiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montreal$1,000
- Accueil Bonneau Foundation$1,000
- Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation$1,000
- Organisation Catholique Canadienne pour le Développement et la Paix$1,000
- Aid to the Church in Need (Canada) Inc.$1,000
- Corporation Archiepiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montreal$1,000
- St Patricks Society Of Montréal Benevolent Trust Fund$565
Received $141K from 16 charities:
- John Patrick Colfer Family Foundation$55K
- Fondation Saint-Patrick de Montréal/Montreal St-Patrick's F oundation$50K
- The Bruce and Audrey Groves Family Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,160
- The Fabrique of the Parish of Saint Luke-Archidiocese de Montreal$3,485
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,500
- The Society of the Salesians of Canada$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$928
- Mission Saint Edward The Confessor$600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$587
- The Fabrique of the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima$515
- Institute for Christian Communities Montreal$500
- La fabrique de la paroisse de Saint-Malachie/The Fabrique OfThe Parish Saint-Malachy$480
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$250
- Society of the Sacred Heart (canada) /societe du Sacre-Coeur(canada)—
- Congregation of Notre Dame Visitation Province Inc.—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$28K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aaron Warnongbri (president); Jean Marier (vice-president); Richard Brisebois (specialist in administration/e); Raymond Lafontaine (director); Hugh Blakely (director); Michael Kieran (director); Jeffrey Dulay (director); Luc Lantagne (director); Christopher Kovalchuk (director); Paul Anyidoho (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pillars Trust Fund inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119093326RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.