The Vinesh Saxena Family Foundation
Private foundation · Longueuil, Quebec · BN 864059340RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($229,601) as filed with the CRA.
The Vinesh Saxena Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Longueuil, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $249K in revenue and $230K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $269.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% 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 16 qualified donees totalling $23K in 2024, the largest being $3,000 to TDL Montérégie. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $110K in 2020 to $249K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Distribution de denrées alimentaires à des particuliers et organismes reconnus versement de bourse d'études à des étudiants à faible revenu aide financière aux gens qui vivent une situation précaire ( loyer épicerie etc..) aide financière à un organisme communautaire donnant de la formation dans un quartier défavorisé
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $249K | $230K | $117K | — | $113K | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $119K | $165K | $81K | — | $84K | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $144K | $197K | $45K | — | $51K | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $296K | $71K | $61K | — | $7,600 | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $110K | $69K | $57K | — | $12K | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $23K to 16 qualified donees:
- TDL Montérégie$3,000
- Autisme Montérégie$3,000
- La fondation scolaire South Shore/The South Shore educational foundation$3,000
- La Fondation de la Liberation de la Pauvrete Inc.$3,000
- La Halte du Coin$2,500
- Fondation de l'école secondaire Gérard-Filion$2,000
- Hébergement la C.A.S.A. Bernard Hubert$1,500
- La mosaique centre d'action bénévole et communautaire$1,000
- Partageons l'espoir (Québec)$1,000
- Le Repas du Passant$1,000
- Abri de la rive-sud$1,000
- Macadam sud$1,000
- Bouffe pour tous$1,000
- Maisons de la paix$1,000
- L'Entraide chez Nous$1,000
- Fondation le Pélican-$3,452
Received $269 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Denis Saxena (président); Lisa Saxena (vice-présidente); Meera Trivedi (sec. trésorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vinesh Saxena Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864059340RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.