The Foundation for Genocide Education La Fondation pour l'étude des génocides
Charitable organization · Mont-Royal, Quebec · BN 702949314RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($290,355) as filed with the CRA.
The Foundation for Genocide Education La Fondation pour l'étude des génocides is a charitable organization based in Mont-Royal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $285K in revenue and $290K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 10% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $238K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $1,649 in 2024, the largest being $950 to Crossroads of Civilizations Museum in Dubai. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The foundation for genocide education is the driving force behind the quebec education ministry's initiative to create a universal teaching guide on genocide. This interactive guide is available to every high school across quebec reaching over 310 000 students. The guide was launched in french in april 2022 accompanied by a promotional video the foundation produced to encourage teachers to adopt this tool in their classrooms quickly along with educational capsule videos that illustrate the concepts of the guide. It was translated into english in april 2023. We are creating connections with …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $285K | $290K | $187K | $50K | $1,649 | $172K |
| 2023 | $243K | $228K | $151K | $51K | $3,574 | $177K |
| 2022 | $270K | $207K | $121K | $38K | — | $162K |
| 2021 | $205K | $97K | $61K | $15K | — | $99K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,649 to 5 qualified donees:
- Crossroads of Civilizations Museum in Dubai$950
- Beyond the Veil Mission$250
- Beth Ora congregation$175
- Federation Cja$144
- Gofundme$130
Received $238K from 7 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$96K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- The Mireille and Murray Steinberg Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille Mireille et Muuray Steinberg$13K
- Centre d'Assistance Mondiale Armenien de Montreal$3,600
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$1,800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$133K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Irwin Cotler; Tommy Schnurmacher; Hrag Jinhinian; Lalai Manjikian; Lucy Shapiro; Dean Mendel; Irwin Tauben; Reesa Rosenfeld; Marvin Rosenbloom; Kenneth Deer; Marc Elman; Moses Gashirabake; Heidi Berger (founder and president); Marcy Bruck (community and public relations); Jane Halickman (educational outreach coordinat); Anna Weronnika Mazur (administrative coordinator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Foundation for Genocide Education La Fondation pour l'étude des génocides’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 702949314RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.