The Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation/La Fondation Canadienne Beaverbrook
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119215440RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,255,761) as filed with the CRA.
The Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation/La Fondation Canadienne Beaverbrook is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M 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 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $924K in 2024, the largest being $220K to The Vimy Foundation/La Fondation Vimy. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $416K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
THE PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION ARE; (1) TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; (b) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND (c) OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. (2) TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC’S APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS BY CURATING HIGH-QUALITY EXHIBITIONS USING AND LOANING TO PUBLIC ART GALLERIES FOR DISPLAY RENEWED PAITINGS SCULPTURES AND OTHER ART FROM ITS NOTABLE COLLECTION AND BY STAGING PUBLIC PERFORMANCES BY NOTABLE PERFORMING ARTISTS.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $935K | $19.2M |
| 2023 | $940K | $1M | — | — | $623K | $17.9M |
| 2022 | $726K | $1.2M | — | — | $878K | $17.3M |
| 2021 | $892K | $1M | — | — | $700K | $19.3M |
| 2020 | $416K | $628K | — | — | $369K | $18.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $924K to 13 qualified donees:
- The Vimy Foundation/La Fondation Vimy$220K
- Environmental Defence Canada$200K
- Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation$150K
- The Joseph and Fanny Oppenheimer Foundation$150K
- Beaverbrook House Commission$55K
- Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre Incorporated$30K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$25K
- Centaur Foundation for the Performing Arts$24K
- City of Maramichi$20K
- Bishop's University Foundation$20K
- Quinte Ballet School of Canada$18K
- ST. Andrews Civic Trust Inc.$10K
- Société d'entraide des femmes Grecque$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$46K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Max Aitken (president and director); Rory Aitken (director); Ines Nieto (director); Vincent Prager (director); Hugh Cowans (treasurer); Jane Ford (secretary and uk bf ceo).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation/La Fondation Canadienne Beaverbrook’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119215440RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.