Roasters Foundation/Fondation Roasters
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 129892675RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($36,317) as filed with the CRA.
Roasters Foundation/Fondation Roasters is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported -$651K in revenue and $36K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $4,000 in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation makes donations to registered charitable organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -$651K | $36K | — | — | $4,000 | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $7,284 | $60K | — | — | $7,655 | $3.2M |
| 2022 | -$210K | $418K | — | — | $335K | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $171K | $629K | — | — | $140K | $3.9M |
| 2020 | -$282K | $233K | — | — | $101K | $4.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$20,000
- Investment income$8,882
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4,000 to 3 qualified donees:
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim$2,500
- Villa Maria$1,000
- Défi Candarel$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brahm Gelfand (secretary); David Crevier (chairman); Rachel Renaud (president); Marc Renaud (administrator); Chantal Boivin (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Roasters Foundation/Fondation Roasters’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129892675RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.