The Sun and Truth Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 796240869RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,691) as filed with the CRA.
The Sun and Truth 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 $345K in revenue and $21K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 129% 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 2% 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 28 qualified donees totalling $17K in 2023, the largest being $5,865 to La P'tite maison de Saint-Pierre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10K in 2021 to $345K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Donations made for purposes beneficial to the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $345K | $21K | — | — | $3,274 | $587K |
| 2023 | $99K | $21K | — | — | $17K | $262K |
| 2022 | $187K | $953 | — | — | — | $188K |
| 2021 | $10K | $8,492 | — | — | — | $1,508 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $17K to 28 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- La P'tite maison de Saint-Pierre$5,865
- Pan-Mass Challenge$1,393
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$1,015
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,000
- Groupe de recommandations et d'actions pour un meilleur environnement (GRAME)$585
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$504
- La Société pour la Prévention de la Cruauté Envers les Animaux (Canadienne)$500
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$500
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$500
- Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Centre Inc.$500
- Le Bon Dieu dans la Rue Organisation pour Jeunes Adultes$500
- Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation$347
- Pollinator Partnership$342
- Fondation de l'Hopital Régional de Saint-Jérome inc.$300
- Shriners Hospitals for Children$262
- Easter Seals Canada Timbres de Pâques Canada$250
- Canadian Cancer Society$250
- Fondation Olo$250
- Breakfast Club of Canada$250
- Parkinson Québec$250
- La Fondation du refuge pour femmes Chez Doris Inc. Chez Doris Women's Shelter Foundation Inc.$250
- Canadian Centre for Child Protection Inc.$250
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$250
- Encore! Sistema Quebec$250
- Crohn's and Colitis Canada / Crohn et Colite Canada$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arvind Ramanathan (president); Akl Tagrid (administrator); Joshua Felker (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sun and Truth Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 796240869RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.