The Rebus Foundation La Fondation Rebus
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 775467491RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($457,904) as filed with the CRA.
The Rebus Foundation La Fondation Rebus is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $506K in revenue and $458K in expenditures.
In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $152K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $290K in 2020 to $506K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The fouundation's objective is to use its financial resources to build new models and technology for open book publishing and reading on the web to encourage deeper engagement and to enable people ( and machines) to use and build on books and reading in new and meaningful ways.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $506K | $458K | $416K | — | — | $818K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $605K | $564K | — | — | $770K |
| 2022 | $630K | $623K | $571K | — | — | $70K |
| 2021 | $969K | $915K | $863K | — | — | $63K |
| 2020 | $290K | $297K | $286K | — | — | $9,150 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $152K from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$152K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$212K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hugh McGuire (president); Boris Anthony Grunickewicz (vice-president); Apurva Shok (executive director); Caitlin Gunn (director); Amanda Coolidge (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rebus Foundation La Fondation Rebus’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 775467491RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.