The Richter Charitable Foundation/la Fondation Charitable Richter
Public foundation · Montréal, Quebec · BN 891396483RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($598,435) as filed with the CRA.
The Richter Charitable Foundation/la Fondation Charitable Richter is a public foundation based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $481K in revenue and $598K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 62 qualified donees totalling $650K in 2024, the largest being $180K to Federation Cja. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $481K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The richter charitable foundation / la fondation charitable richter receives and maintains funds to make gifts contributions and donations to recognized canadian charitable organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $481K | $598K | — | — | $650K | $72K |
| 2023 | $586K | $818K | — | — | $910K | $830K |
| 2022 | $291K | $678K | — | — | $501K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $333K | $494K | -$200K | — | $677K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $311K | $200K | — | $98K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $650K to 62 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Federation Cja$180K
- Federation Cja$100K
- Segal Centre For Performing Arts$35K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$33K
- La Fondation Angus$25K
- Montréal Cancer Institute$25K
- Israel Cancer Research Fund Fondation d'Israël pour la Recherche sur le Cancer$22K
- Fondation du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$20K
- Israel Cancer Research Fund Fondation d'Israël pour la Recherche sur le Cancer$20K
- Ruelle de l'avenir$15K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$14K
- Town of Montreal West$10K
- Foundation Neuro-Efficiency Québec$10K
- The Corporation of Spanish and Portugese Jews Shearith Isr ael of Montreal$9,000
- The Corporation of Spanish and Portugese Jews Shearith Isr ael of Montreal$9,000
- La Société pour la Prévention de la Cruauté Envers les Animaux (Canadienne)$7,985
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$7,500
- Israel Cancer Research Fund Fondation d'Israël pour la Recherche sur le Cancer$6,000
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$5,767
- Fondation 'pour enfants seulement'/'Just for kids'foundation$5,000
- Myra's Kids Foundation$5,000
- Fondation 'pour enfants seulement'/'Just for kids'foundation$5,000
- Leucan Inc.$5,000
- Le Bon Dieu dans la Rue Organisation pour Jeunes Adultes$4,879
- La fondation du cancer du sein du Québec/Québec Breast Cancer Foundation$4,436
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tasso Lagios (president/treasurer); Marc Yedid (director); Danny Ritter (secretary/director); Mindy Mayman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Richter Charitable Foundation/la Fondation Charitable Richter’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891396483RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.