The Bensadoun Family Foundation La fondation de la famille Bensadoun
Private foundation · Saint-Laurent, Quebec · BN 892749342RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($554,092) as filed with the CRA.
The Bensadoun Family Foundation La fondation de la famille Bensadoun is a private foundation based in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $554K 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 67% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $518K in 2024, the largest being $375K to Federation Cja. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $11M in 2020 to $3.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Investing of funds in sound investments of the nature permitted by law to be made in accordance with the objectives of the foundation that being to provide funding to qualified donees to assist charitable organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $554K | — | — | $518K | $32.2M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $50K | — | — | — | $29M |
| 2022 | $433K | $1.6M | — | — | $200K | $26.3M |
| 2021 | $3M | $4.2M | — | — | $4.1M | $27.5M |
| 2020 | $11M | $5.4M | — | — | $5.3M | $26.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $518K to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aldo Bensadoun (director); Daniela Bensadoun (director); David Bensadoun (director); Douglas Bensadoun (director); Dianne Bibeau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bensadoun Family Foundation La fondation de la famille Bensadoun’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892749342RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.