The Bellini Foundation
Public foundation · Laval, Quebec · BN 830598124RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,658,242) as filed with the CRA.
The Bellini Foundation is a public foundation based in Laval, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $859K in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% 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 43 qualified donees totalling $374K in 2024, the largest being $75K to The Study School Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $34K in 2020 to $859K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Making gifts to qualified donees and providing financial and/or material relief to churches and/or universities and/or other institutions of higher learning to assist them in rebuilding their structures damaged or destroyed by natural disasters or sudden catastrophes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $859K | $1.7M | — | — | $374K | $9M |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $413K | — | — | $201K | $9.8M |
| 2022 | $3.7M | $171K | — | — | $40K | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $21K | $214K | — | — | $70K | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $34K | $208K | — | — | $65K | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $374K to 43 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Study School Foundation$75K
- L'Association Selwyn House/selwyn House Association$65K
- MS Canada SP Canada$30K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$15K
- Fondation Jeunes en Tête$10K
- Moisson Montréal Inc.$10K
- Faith Food Bank Society$10K
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$10K
- Fondation du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$10K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$10K
- The University of New Brunswick$10K
- Canadian Cancer Society$10K
- Société alzheimer de laval 1995$10K
- La Tablee des Chefs$7,500
- Fondation David-Chiasson$5,000
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$5,000
- University of Ottawa$5,000
- Concordia University Inter-Generational Fund$5,000
- Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,000
- Fondation de l'Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal$5,000
- Swab The World Foundation$5,000
- Le Bon Dieu dans la Rue Organisation pour Jeunes Adultes$5,000
- Italiens du Quebec Inc./canadian-Italian Community Services of Quebec Inc.$5,000
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$5,000
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$55K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marisa Bellini (trustee); Denise McMullen (trustee); Jamie McAkie (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bellini Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830598124RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.