The Maurice Pollack Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 130524572RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,773,485) as filed with the CRA.
The Maurice Pollack Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $4.6M in 2024, the largest being $4.6M to Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $255K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Provide financial assistance to hospitals museums religious and educational institutions for the advancement of education and funding of charitable organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $4.8M | $20K | — | $4.6M | $270K |
| 2023 | $166K | $272K | $21K | — | $172K | $4M |
| 2022 | $157K | $220K | $18K | — | $119K | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $217K | $322K | $8,198 | — | $233K | $4.6M |
| 2020 | $255K | $174K | $634 | — | $104K | $4.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$135,424
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 $4.6M to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$10K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Russell Harper (president/director); Lana Harper (director); Nancy Strohl Pedvis (director); Joshua Pollack (director); Jon Pollack (chairman of the board); Gillian Harper (director); Bernard Pollack (director); Ian Pollack (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Maurice Pollack Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130524572RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.