The Jean-Louis and Colette Bellemare Family Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 730639689RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($320,845) as filed with the CRA.
The Jean-Louis and Colette Bellemare Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $321K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $300K in 2024, the largest being $210K to Fondation de l'Hopital Montfort. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to provide support to various charitable organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $321K | — | — | $300K | $8.4M |
| 2023 | $469K | $312K | — | — | $295K | $6.4M |
| 2022 | -$1,925 | $292K | — | — | $275K | $6.2M |
| 2021 | $706K | $273K | — | — | $255K | $6.5M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $146K | — | — | $131K | $6.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $300K to 5 qualified donees:
- Fondation de l'Hopital Montfort$210K
- Ottawa Humane Society$30K
- Refuge RR pour Chevaux$25K
- Capital Prosperity Foundation$25K
- The Corporation of the City of Cornwall$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Colette Bellemare (director); Dominique Bellemare (director); Jean-Louis Bellemare (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jean-Louis and Colette Bellemare Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 730639689RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.