Somers Family Foundation
Private foundation · Westmount, Quebec · BN 723895884RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,882,552) as filed with the CRA.
Somers Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.6M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $1.7M to Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $535K in 2020 to $4.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The fondation will make donations to canadian registered charities in the field of education health culture and the environment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.6M | $1.9M | $74K | — | $1.7M | $35.3M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $1.8M | $64K | — | $1.3M | $29.7M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $935K | $83K | — | $826K | $31.6M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $690K | $83K | — | $570K | $35.2M |
| 2020 | $535K | $581K | — | — | $500K | $30.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 2 qualified donees:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1.7M
- Association Canadienne de Tennis$6,487
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre Somers (président); Franco Vitale (secrétaire); Haisook Somers (vice président).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Somers Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 723895884RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.