Star godmother
Public foundation · Laval, Quebec · BN 825619133RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($382,787) as filed with the CRA.
Star godmother is a public foundation based in Laval, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $406K in revenue and $383K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $108K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $174K in 2020 to $406K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
La foundation amasse des fonds pour venir en aide aux jeunes défavorisés au Québec agés de 4 a 17 ans en réalisant des actions ultra-concretes attentionnées et significatives pour ces jeunes lesquelles contribuent a leur bien-etre et agissent directement sur leur estime de soi leur confiance et leur développement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $406K | $383K | $351K | — | — | $8,742 |
| 2023 | $263K | $278K | $223K | — | — | -$15K |
| 2022 | $185K | $217K | $178K | $2,900 | — | $363 |
| 2021 | $104K | $139K | $113K | $4,706 | — | $32K |
| 2020 | $174K | $176K | $37K | — | — | $67K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $108K from 10 charities:
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$40K
- Fondation Guy Laliberte$25K
- Fondation DAmours$15K
- Fondation Athos$12K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$10K
- Fondation Lise et Richard Fortin$5,000
- Fiducie Charitable Fournier-Ethier$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$117
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$65
- Canadahelps Canadon$24
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$34K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacques Gringras (autre (préciser)); Caroline Morin (autre (préciser)); François-Karl Viau (président).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Star godmother’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825619133RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.