Sheila and Paul Martin Family Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 733685549RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($980,561) as filed with the CRA.
Sheila and Paul Martin 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 $1.8M in revenue and $981K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% 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 17 qualified donees totalling $916K in 2024, the largest being $700K to Martin Family Initiative/initiative de la Famille Martin. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to donate monies to charities and other qualified donees which are focused on education the arts the environment and health.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $981K | — | — | $916K | $27.6M |
| 2023 | $26.8M | $40K | — | — | $40K | $26.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $916K to 17 qualified donees:
- Martin Family Initiative/initiative de la Famille Martin$700K
- The Lower Canada College Foundation/La Fondation Lower Canada Collège$50K
- Ontario College of Art & Design University Universite de l'Ecole d'Art et de Design de l'Ontario$25K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$20K
- Fondation du Musee des Beaux- Arts de Montreal$20K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$20K
- Opéra de Montréal$15K
- Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation$10K
- Guilde Canadienne des Métiers d'Art Canadian Guild of Crafts$10K
- St. Mary's Hospital Foundation$10K
- Orchestre Classique de Montréal$10K
- Le centre des Arts Visuels$5,000
- Giant steps foundation$5,000
- Pembroke Horticultural Society$5,000
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada / Dystrophie musculaire Canada$5,000
- Carleton University$5,000
- The University of ST. Michael's College$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Martin (director); David Martin (director); Paul Martin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sheila and Paul Martin Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 733685549RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.