The Mel Hoppenheim Family Foundation/La fondation familiale Mel Hoppenheim
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 843380189RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,115,390) as filed with the CRA.
The Mel Hoppenheim Family Foundation/La fondation familiale Mel Hoppenheim is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $833K in revenue and $1.1M 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 70% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $484K to Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $451K in 2020 to $833K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The objectives of the foundation are to receive and maintain a fund or funds and apply from time to time all or part thereof and/or the income derived therefrom for charitable purposes including without limitations: the care of needy persons and in particular of the sick aged destitute and helpless; the bettement of under-priveleged persons; the promotion of educational advancement for the increase of human knowledge and alleviation of suffering.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $833K | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $8M |
| 2023 | $157K | $413K | — | — | $516K | $8.3M |
| 2022 | $9.6M | $1.2M | — | — | $401K | $8.6M |
| 2021 | $241K | $190K | — | — | $186K | $196K |
| 2020 | $451K | $324K | — | — | $315K | $145K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 12 qualified donees:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$484K
- The Veritas Fund$125K
- Akiva School$125K
- Federation Cja$100K
- Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation$75K
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$50K
- Montreal Holocaust Museum$50K
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim$40K
- Fondation Notre-Dame de Saint-Léonard Inc.$10K
- La Fondation Ecole Akiva$5,000
- More Than a Cure MTAC - Healing through Community$5,000
- Douglas mental health university institute foundation$3,880
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Teri Hoppenheim (director); Mark Smith (vice-president); Caroline Hoppenheim (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Mel Hoppenheim Family Foundation/La fondation familiale Mel Hoppenheim’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843380189RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.