The Claridge Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119227619RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,105,645) as filed with the CRA.
The Claridge Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $558K in revenue and $8.1M 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 70% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $7.8M in 2024, the largest being $7.8M to Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d'Architecture. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.8M in 2020 to $558K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The foundation supports qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $558K | $8.1M | — | — | $7.8M | $95.9M |
| 2023 | $2M | $3.2M | — | — | $2.8M | $91.6M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $6.9M | — | — | $6.6M | $80.7M |
| 2021 | $10.7M | $5.1M | — | — | $4.8M | $94.5M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.6M | $79M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7.8M to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charles Bronfman (director); Pierre-Andre Themens (secretary); Stephen Bronfman (vioce-president); Phyllis Lambert (president); Lortie Murielle (treasurer); Andrea Orsini (assistant secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Claridge Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119227619RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.