The Browns Shoes Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Saint-Laurent, Quebec · BN 835556085RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($655,048) as filed with the CRA.
The Browns Shoes Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $500K in revenue and $655K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $644K in 2024, the largest being $330K to Federation Cja. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation’s objective is to donate to other registered canadian charities for use in their activities. During the current fiscal period the browns shoes charitable foundation donated $643 692 to registered canadian charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $500K | $655K | — | — | $644K | $276K |
| 2023 | $500K | $399K | — | — | $385K | $431K |
| 2022 | $500K | $341K | — | — | $330K | $330K |
| 2021 | $499K | $434K | — | — | $422K | $172K |
| 2020 | $500K | $472K | — | — | $459K | $106K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $644K to 16 qualified donees:
- Federation Cja$330K
- Federation Cja$180K
- Israel Cancer Research Fund Fondation d'Israël pour la Recherche sur le Cancer$60K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$25K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$10K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$10K
- Israel Cancer Research Fund Fondation d'Israël pour la Recherche sur le Cancer$5,400
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$5,292
- Fondation 'pour enfants seulement'/'Just for kids'foundation$5,000
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Fondation Charles-Bruneau$2,000
- TDC Foundation$1,500
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$1,500
- Fondation 'pour enfants seulement'/'Just for kids'foundation$1,000
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Montréal Cancer Institute$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janis Brownstein; David Brownstein; Michael Brownstein; Cheryl Brownstein; Robert Laufer.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Browns Shoes Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835556085RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.