The Marchab Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 819118522RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($170,015) as filed with the CRA.
The Marchab Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $107K in revenue and $170K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% 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 29 qualified donees totalling $170K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Dépôt alimentaire NDG. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $4.8M in 2020 to $107K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $107K | $170K | — | — | $170K | $4.7M |
| 2023 | $102K | $186K | — | — | $186K | $4.3M |
| 2022 | — | $177K | — | — | $177K | — |
| 2021 | $305K | $150K | — | — | $150K | — |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $102K | — | — | $102K | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, May 31, 2024
- Investment income$106,882
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $170K to 29 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Dépôt alimentaire NDG$25K
- Auerge Shalom$10K
- Indspire$10K
- Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation$10K
- Partageons l'espoir (Québec)$10K
- Tennis Canada$10K
- The Veritas Fund$10K
- Fondation MOSD/MOSD foundation$10K
- Lower Canada College$7,500
- SPS Fund - ST. Paul School$7,000
- Cardigan Mountain School$7,000
- Défi Canderel$5,500
- Fondation Voix Angélique$5,000
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Federation Cja$5,000
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$4,500
- Montreal Fluency Centre / Centre de Fluidite Verbale de Montreal$2,500
- Community First Foundation$2,500
- Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery$2,500
- Centre Communautaire Tyndale ST-Georges$2,500
- The Cedars Cancer Foundation at the McGill University Health Centre$2,500
- Institut économique de montréal$2,500
- Children's Hearing and Speech Centre of BC Inc.$2,500
- The Fraser Institute$2,500
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada / Dystrophie musculaire Canada$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Birks (president and administrator); Thomas Birks (secretary and administrator); Randall Birks (administrator); Bradley Birks (administrator); Caroline Birks (administrator); Heather Birks (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Marchab Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819118522RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.