The Winnifred Molson Conservation Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 894315126RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($437,440) as filed with the CRA.
The Winnifred Molson Conservation Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $483K in revenue and $437K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,460 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $276K in 2022, the largest being $270K to The Canadian Heritage of Quebec. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $249K in 2020 to $483K in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The objects of the foundation are to support the conservation of nature including research and education in this field and to support other charitable purposes by making gifts grants and donations to charities registered under the income tax act of canada or to other qualified donees within the meaning of the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $483K | $437K | — | — | $276K | $7.5M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $412K | — | — | $251K | $8.7M |
| 2020 | $249K | $367K | — | — | $228K | $7.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2022
- Investment income$226,942
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $276K to 4 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2022)
John Molson (president); Carolyn Molson (treasurer); Stuart Iversen (secretary).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Winnifred Molson Conservation Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894315126RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.