The CRB Foundation/La fondation CRB
Public foundation · Montréal, Quebec · BN 119228989RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,656,912) as filed with the CRA.
The CRB Foundation/La fondation CRB is a public foundation based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from other charities.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 25 qualified donees totalling $2.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $3.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The crb foundation donates funds to qualified donees with the purpose of advancing educational artistics and religious initiatives in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.3M | $296K |
| 2023 | $703K | $1.4M | — | — | $1.1M | -$606K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.5M | $108K |
| 2021 | $550K | $1.3M | — | — | $1M | -$265K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $544K | — | — | $305K | $534K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.3M to 25 qualified donees:
- Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada$1.5M
- Icagn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$353K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$186K
- The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University$80K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$60K
- Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights$50K
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim$31K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$20K
- Les Amis Canadiens de l'Université de Tel Aviv Inc. CanadianFriends of Tel Aviv University Inc.$13K
- Jewish National Fund of Canada$10K
- Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Inc.$10K
- Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d'Architecture$10K
- Lise Watier Foundation$10K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$5,000
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$3,886
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$3,500
- Beth Ora congregation$1,813
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$1,700
- Alzheimer Groupe (a.g.i.) Inc.$1,000
- Tennis Canada (canadian Tennis Association)$1,000
- Jewish Public Library$1,000
- HR Canada Charitable Organization$1,000
- Historica Canada$700
- The Gazette Christmas Fund/ Fonds de Noel de la Gazette$54
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$36
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$181K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charles Bronfman (director); Ann Dadson (director - treasurer); Richard Doyle (director -secretary); John Hobday (director); John Hoover (director); Jeffrey Solomon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The CRB Foundation/La fondation CRB’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119228989RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.