The Foundation of Greater Montreal
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 881979124RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,378,832) as filed with the CRA.
The Foundation of Greater Montreal is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $79.3M in revenue and $24.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.5M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 528 qualified donees totalling $17.4M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to Fondation Canadienne de l'Insead/canadian Insead Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Programmes de subventions - appui à des initiatives qui produisent un impact sur le mieux-être des individus et des communautés dans les secteurs des arts et de la culture de l'éducation du développement social de l'environnement des dports et de la santé.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $79.3M | $24.4M | $2.1M | $509K | $17.4M | $348.8M |
| 2023 | $66.9M | $39.3M | $2.3M | $460K | $33.1M | $293.9M |
| 2022 | $16.4M | $39.6M | $1.7M | $399K | $34.4M | $266.3M |
| 2021 | $72.2M | $29.5M | $1.3M | $508K | $24.4M | $289.5M |
| 2020 | $66.4M | $37.4M | $615K | $380K | $33.3M | $246.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $17.4M to 528 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Fondation Canadienne de l'Insead/canadian Insead Foundation$1.5M
- Fondation Famille Léger$1.4M
- Lakefield College School Foundation$1M
- Centre d'Action bénévole d'Iberville et de la Région$900K
- Fondation HEC Montréal$521K
- Centraide du Grand Montréal$355K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$316K
- Le Domaine Forget de Charlevoix Inc.$307K
- Maison D'Haiti$274K
- Fondation Honoré-Mercier$258K
- Orchestre Métropolitain$246K
- Le centre de bénévolat de St-Hyacinthe inc.$237K
- The National Theatre School of Canada$217K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$205K
- Fondation Aline Letendre$205K
- Douglas mental health university institute foundation$198K
- Segal Centre For Performing Arts$180K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$176K
- Fondation de l'Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont$160K
- Théâtre du Rideau Vert$139K
- Fondation Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil$125K
- Ecole Nationale de l'Humour / National Comedy School$124K
- Fertival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur$122K
- La Relance-Jeunes et Familles (RJF) Inc.$120K
- Ensemble Caprice$117K
Received $2.5M from 29 charities:
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$787K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$282K
- Community Foundations of Canada$212K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$205K
- Centre d'Action bénévole d'Iberville et de la Région$200K
- Perspectives Jeunesse$175K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$103K
- Gloria Baylis Foundation$100K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$100K
- Greater Montreal Climate Fund$83K
- Association Quebecoise des Personnes Aphasiques$60K
- Fondation Luc Maurice$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$30K
- Julia Cianci Foundation$30K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$10K
- Elina & Giuseppe Borsellino Family Foundation$10K
- Fondation Famille François et Monique Bourgeo$7,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Chamandy Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,740
- College Letendre$3,269
- Fondation Luc Maurice$2,310
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,319
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nadir André (administrateur); Valérie Cecchini (administratrice); Corinne Charette (administratrice); Andrea Clarke (administratrice); Toni Dilli (trésorier); Mariama Dupuis (administratrice); Pascal Grenier (administrateur); Sophie Labrecque (administratrice); Frédéric Lavoie (vice-président); Karen Macdonald (présidente); Philippe Tsaronséré Meilleur (administrateur); Anick Morin (secrétaire); Raff Paquin (administrateur); Nadine Raymond (administratrice); Kenny Tang (administrateur); Jason Taylor (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Foundation of Greater Montreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881979124RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.