The Choquette Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 858498405RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($645,496) as filed with the CRA.
The Choquette Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $644K in revenue and $645K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $532K in 2024, the largest being $414K to La Fondation de l'Université Laval. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $185K in 2020 to $644K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation is a private foundation whose purpose is to receive and maintain funds to be used in the funding of scholarship programs for individuals pursuing post-secondary education. In 2024 the foundation primarily distributed funds to other registered charities in the field of post-secondary education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $644K | $645K | — | — | $532K | $4.7M |
| 2023 | $327K | $632K | — | — | $378K | $4.7M |
| 2022 | $615K | $485K | $11K | — | $371K | $4.4M |
| 2021 | $415K | $726K | $65K | — | $555K | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $185K | $620K | $14K | — | $504K | $5.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $532K to 4 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre Choquette (trustee); Brenda Choquette (trustee); Michelle Cormack (trustee); Paul Choquette (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Choquette Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858498405RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.