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.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- From other charities$3,525,000
- Investment income$46,610
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.