The Vimy Foundation/La Fondation Vimy
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 848016523RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,357,356) as filed with the CRA.
The Vimy Foundation/La Fondation Vimy is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 5% from government, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $683K.
Compared with 632 education 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 $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $599K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To forge closer links between young people in canada uk and france to understand their history and culture and appreciate the bravery horror and futility of war. 20177 education centre: fundraising campaign for construction of new education centre in vimy ridge. Centennial: fundraising campaign for the 100th years of vimy battle. Encounters with canada: education program in ottawa at encounters with canada beaverbrook vimy prize: education programe where students are sent to europe to study first and second world wars. Pilgrimage :education programe where students are sent to europe to study…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $977K | $3,897 | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1M | $962K | $865K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $599K | $474K | — | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $683K from 15 charities:
- The Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation/La Fondation Canadienne Beaverbrook$220K
- Hewitt Foundation$200K
- The John C. and Sally Horsfall Eaton Foundation$100K
- The Thor E and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation$100K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- Toronto Foundation$18K
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$5,000
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$5,000
- The Black Watch of Canada Foundation/ la Fondation Black Watch du Canada$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,602
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,250
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,633
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$1,000
- Link Charity Canada Inc$335
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$412K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Doran (administrateur); Daniel Frajman (administrateur); Andrew Beckett (administrateur); Steve Desgagné (administrateur); Deborah Wolfe (administrateur); Geoff Irvine (administrateur); Carolyn Patton (administrateur); Christopher Shannon (adminsitrateur); Mark Cahill (administrateur); Lauren Small (administrateur); Angus Watts (administrateur); Rob Francis (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vimy Foundation/La Fondation Vimy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848016523RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.