The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 108098229RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,673) as filed with the CRA.
The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family 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 $6,152 in revenue and $11K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,500 in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to Fondation du Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,180 in 2020 to $6,152 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides funds to qualified donees that are focused on social cultural and environmental programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,152 | $11K | — | — | $2,500 | -$255K |
| 2023 | $102K | $8,546 | — | — | $1,000 | -$220K |
| 2022 | $53K | $2,649 | — | — | $2,600 | -$271K |
| 2021 | $312 | $47 | — | — | — | -$331K |
| 2020 | $1,180 | $234 | — | — | — | -$317K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $100K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Phyllis Lambert (honorary president); Stephen Bronfman (president); Jean De Gunzburg (director); Adam Bronfman (director); Robert Vineberg (secretary); Frederic Martel (assistant treasurer); Menard Alexandre (treasurer); Clarence Epstein (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108098229RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.