The Phyllis Lambert Foundation/la Fondation Phyllis Lambert
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119004414RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($253,522) as filed with the CRA.
The Phyllis Lambert Foundation/la Fondation Phyllis Lambert is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $348K in revenue and $254K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% 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 27 qualified donees totalling $130K in 2024, the largest being $80K to Arthur Erickson Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $15.1M in 2020 to $348K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Donations made to qualified donees in the areas of arts heritage health educational and cultural fields.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $348K | $254K | — | — | $130K | $24.2M |
| 2023 | $104K | $209K | — | — | $97K | $20.9M |
| 2022 | $533K | $211K | — | — | $106K | $21.4M |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $186K | — | — | $71K | $23.4M |
| 2020 | $15.1M | $2.9M | — | — | $2.6M | $18.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $130K to 27 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Arthur Erickson Foundation$80K
- Heritage Montréal Foundation$12K
- Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d'Architecture$10K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Quartier Ephemere Centre d'Arts Visuels$5,000
- Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides/fondation des Lions du Canada Chien-Guides$3,000
- Festival International du Film sur l'Art (fifa)$2,500
- Société pour les arts en milieux de santé$2,500
- Peace Network for Social Harmony$2,000
- Jeunesse au Soleil / Sun Youth organization$1,500
- National Trust for Canada$1,000
- Montréal Baroque inc.$1,000
- The David Suzuki Foundation$1,000
- Fondation du Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal$500
- Les Violons du Roy$500
- Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra$500
- Fondation des offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec$350
- Quatuor Molinari$300
- Greenpeace Canada Education Fund$250
- Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery$100
- Acadia University$100
- Fondation Tyndale St-Georges/Tyndale St-George's Foudation$100
- Fondation du Musée McCord Stewart$100
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial pour la Nature Can Ada$100
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design Trust Fund$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Phyllis Lambert (president); Stephen Bronfman (director); Pierre-Andre Themens (secretary); Charles Bronfman (director); Lortie Murielle (treasurer); Andrea Orsini (assistant secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Phyllis Lambert Foundation/la Fondation Phyllis Lambert’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119004414RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.