The Colin and Winnifred Molson Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 887557882RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($984,097) as filed with the CRA.
The Colin and Winnifred Molson 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 $2.2M in revenue and $984K 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 24% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $717K in 2024, the largest being $638K to The Canadian Heritage of Quebec. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $238K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To provide gifts grants and donations to registed charities involved in acquiring and/or preserving heritage properties and to support other charitable purposes by making gifts grants and donations to charities registered under the income tax act of canada or to other qualified donees within the meaning of the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $984K | — | — | $717K | $16.3M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $911K | — | — | $661K | $15.1M |
| 2022 | $587K | $379K | — | — | $260K | $7.1M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $381K | — | — | $265K | $7.8M |
| 2020 | $238K | $330K | — | — | $229K | $6.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $717K to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carolyn Molson (vice-president); John Molson (president); Stuart Iversen (secretary-treasurer); Susan Molson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Colin and Winnifred Molson Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887557882RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.