The Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for Young Canadian Operasingers/la Fondation Jacqueline Desmarais pour les Jeunes Chanteurs d'Opéra Canadiens
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 889317061RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($240,848) as filed with the CRA.
The Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for Young Canadian Operasingers/la Fondation Jacqueline Desmarais pour les Jeunes Chanteurs d'Opéra Canadiens is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $241K in expenditures.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $230K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Icav (institut Canadien d'Art Vocal). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $516K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Fund-raising for the benefit of opera singers
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $241K | — | — | $240K | $6.7M |
| 2023 | $671K | $73K | $18K | — | $54K | $5.8M |
| 2022 | -$647K | $117K | $61K | — | $50K | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $589K | $54K | $3,934 | — | $50K | $5.9M |
| 2020 | $516K | $5,432 | $5,432 | — | — | $5.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $230K to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michel Beaulac (vice-president); Enzo Capalbo (treasurer); Sophie Desmarais (president); Christina Leddy (assistant-treasurer); Ernest McNee (secretary); Margot Provencher (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for Young Canadian Operasingers/la Fondation Jacqueline Desmarais pour les Jeunes Chanteurs d'Opéra Canadiens’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889317061RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.