The William and Ida Pencer Foundation/la Fondation William et Ida Pencer
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 887673663RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($89,127) as filed with the CRA.
The William and Ida Pencer Foundation/la Fondation William et Ida Pencer is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $43K in revenue and $89K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations.
Compared with 3,771 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $83K in 2022, the largest being $50K to Federation Cja. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $116K in 2020 to $43K in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $43K | $89K | — | — | $83K | — |
| 2021 | $124K | $141K | — | — | $139K | $46K |
| 2020 | $116K | $117K | — | — | $117K | $63K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $83K to 16 qualified donees:
- Federation Cja$50K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$20K
- Friendship Circle of Québec$6,000
- L'Association Hebraique des Jeunes Hommes Jeunes Femmes de Montréal/The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Montreal$1,260
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Societe Bénévole de Propagation de l'Hébreu$1,000
- Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Maison Shalom Inc./Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Shalom House Inc.$1,000
- ST Mary's Hospital$500
- Quebec Foundation for the Blind (Q.F.B.)$500
- MS Canada SP Canada$500
- Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation$500
- Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors Foundation/fondation Centre Juif Cummings pour Aines$300
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$200
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$200
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$100
- Leucan Inc.$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Ida Pencer (secretary); Gary Pencer (president).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The William and Ida Pencer Foundation/la Fondation William et Ida Pencer’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887673663RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.