The Stairs Foundation/La fondation stairs
Private foundation · Hudson, Quebec · BN 898331178RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($143,521) as filed with the CRA.
The Stairs Foundation/La fondation stairs is a private foundation based in Hudson, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $309K in revenue and $144K 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 18% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $90K in 2024, the largest being $23K to McGill University Health Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $56K in 2020 to $309K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The foundation made gifts to qualified donees. The foundation mission is to provide relief from poverty and support other services beneficial to the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $309K | $144K | — | — | $90K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $86K | $133K | — | — | $89K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $84K | $132K | — | — | $77K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $103K | $117K | — | — | $63K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $56K | $94K | — | — | $58K | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $90K to 11 qualified donees:
- McGill University Health Centre$23K
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$20K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$12K
- Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery$7,500
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$6,000
- Batshaw Youth and Family Centres Foundation$6,000
- Homes For Heroes Foundation$5,000
- Camp Amy Molson Inc.$5,000
- Operation Eyesight Canada$2,500
- Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra$2,000
- Montréal SPCA Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Sutton (president); Rachel Sutton (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Stairs Foundation/La fondation stairs’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898331178RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.