The Leonard and Alice Cohen Family Foundation
Private foundation · Mont-Royal, Quebec · BN 889542551RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($304,249) as filed with the CRA.
The Leonard and Alice Cohen Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Mont-Royal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $304K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 67 qualified donees totalling $186K in 2023, the largest being $100K to Federation Cja. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $43K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Collection of contributions and distribution of funds to recognized charitable organizations in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $304K | — | — | $283K | $7.4M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $201K | — | — | $186K | $6.6M |
| 2022 | $394K | $169K | — | — | $162K | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $158K | — | — | $152K | $5M |
| 2020 | $43K | $17K | — | — | $154K | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $186K to 67 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Federation Cja$100K
- Breakthrough T1D Canada/Percée DT1 Canada$20K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$7,500
- Reena Foundation$5,000
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,600
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,400
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,350
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,200
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,200
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,200
- Canadahelps Canadon$900
- L'Association Hebraique des Jeunes Hommes Jeunes Femmes de Montréal/The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Montreal$730
- Canadahelps Canadon$600
- Canadahelps Canadon$600
- Canadahelps Canadon$600
- Canadahelps Canadon$600
- Canadahelps Canadon$600
- Canadahelps Canadon$600
- Canadahelps Canadon$600
- Canadahelps Canadon$600
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alice Cohen (director & secretary-tre); Howard Cohen (president); Paul Cohen (director); Aron Cohen (director); Laura Kay Cohen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Leonard and Alice Cohen Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889542551RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.