The Amiel Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 838598605RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,060,040) as filed with the CRA.
The Amiel Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% 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 90% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $501K to Federation Cja. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $875K in 2020 to $4.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation will obtain funds from donors who are generally not at arm's length (and without fundraising) and will support organizations which are qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $7.9M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $842K | — | — | $837K | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1,101 | $772K | — | — | $745K | $661K |
| 2020 | $875K | $107K | $109K | — | $79K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 9 qualified donees:
- Federation Cja$501K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$200K
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$200K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$100K
- Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation$25K
- Lise Watier Foundation$18K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$6,000
- Segal Centre For Performing Arts$3,600
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim$3,600
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jonathan Amiel (president and director); David Amiel (vice-president/director); Robyn Singerman (treasurer and director); Heather Blum (secretary and director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Amiel Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838598605RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.