The David H. Laidley Foundation/fondation David H. Laidley
Private foundation · Westmount, Quebec · BN 851435032RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($197,099) as filed with the CRA.
The David H. Laidley Foundation/fondation David H. Laidley is a private foundation based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $611K in revenue and $197K 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 57% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 25 qualified donees totalling $179K in 2024, the largest being $60K to La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $219K in 2020 to $611K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The primary purposes of the foundation consist of making donations to eligible recipients within the meaning of the canadian income tax act and to support the advancement of health care palliative care the environment post-secondary education and awareness of the responsibilities and rights of individuals in canadian society
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $611K | $197K | — | — | $179K | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $484K | $117K | — | — | $101K | $4M |
| 2022 | $275K | $468K | — | — | $174K | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $566K | $144K | — | — | $129K | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $219K | $149K | — | — | $80K | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $179K to 25 qualified donees:
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$60K
- Jeunesse au Soleil / Sun Youth organization$40K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$25K
- Mission Old Brewery/old Brewery Mission$10K
- Institut économique de montréal$6,200
- Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Queen Elizabeth Health Complex Foundation$5,000
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$3,000
- Fondation La Traversée$2,500
- The Lighthouse Children andfamilies$2,500
- The Cedars Cancer Foundation at the McGill University Health Centre$2,500
- Centraide des Régions du Centre$2,500
- Segal Centre For Performing Arts$1,800
- Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation$1,500
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research$1,500
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$1,000
- Literacy Unlimited$1,000
- Bududa Canada Foundation$1,000
- Maison Saint-Columba / Saint Columba House$1,000
- Mind Your Plastic$1,000
- Contact Emploi Inc.$1,000
- Fondation MOSD/MOSD foundation$1,000
- Fondation sur la Pointe des Pieds/foundation on the Tip of the Toes$1,000
- St. Raphael Palliative Care Home and Day Centre Inc.$1,000
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Laidley (president); Thomas Birks (director); Ellen Wallace (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The David H. Laidley Foundation/fondation David H. Laidley’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851435032RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.