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Montreal, QC · Private foundation

The Phyllis Lambert Foundation/La Fondation Phyllis Lambert

Donations made to qualified donees in the areas of arts heritage health educational and cultural fields.

C$130k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
Regions reached
C$80k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k24 grants · C$28k
  • C$10k–50k2 grants · C$22k
  • C$50k–250k1 grant · C$80k
C$500
Median grant
5
Regions reached
C$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARTHUR ERICKSON FOUNDATIONC$80,000
HERITAGE MONTREALC$12,000
CENTRAIDEC$10,000
JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$5,000
FONDERIE DARLINGC$5,000
LIONS FOUNDATION OF CANADA DOG GUIDESC$3,000
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM SU L'ARTC$2,500
SAMSC$2,500
PEACE NETWORK FOR SOCIAL HARMONYC$2,000
SUN YOUTH ORGANIZATIONC$1,500
DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATIONC$1,000
NATIONAL TRUSTC$1,000
MONTREAL BAROQUEC$1,000
MUSEE D'ART CONTEMPORAINC$500
LES VIOLONS DU ROYC$500
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$12M · 46 repeat orgsC$244k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

46 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
76

Total granted

C$12M
C$241k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+19%

Still filing today

98%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.”

Backed again, and grew

  • HM
    Heritage Montreal
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$120k · revenue +50%
  • AE
    ARTHUR ERICKSON FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2024 · C$82k · revenue +162%
  • UD
    Universite de Montreal
    5× · 2017–2022 · C$51k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL
    one grant, 2019 · C$25k
  • HM
    HERITAGE MONTREAL
    one grant, 2019 · C$25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · C$25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matches that aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fondation du Centre des Sciences de Montréal / Montreal Science Centre Foundation

La fondaiton a pour but de promouvoir une meilleure connaissance et compréhension de la science des technologies et de leur histoire.

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2
Fondation de l'Université du Québec à Montréal

La fondation utilise ses revenus pour favoriser et soutenir le développement et l'avancement de l'enseignement à l'université due québec à montréal

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3
Musee Des Beaux-Arts De Montreal / Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Encourager les arts diffuser les connaissances artistiques acquérir conserver collectionner mettre en valeur et exposer les oeuvres d'art.

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4
Fondation universitaire de l'école des hautes études commerciales de Montréal
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5
Fondation de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Québec

Récompenser et encourager l'excellence la créativité et la détermination des artistes de la génération montante. dons à l'orchestre symphonique de québec

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6
Biennale de Montréal

L'organisme a pour mandat de diffuser des expositions et des événements ay ant trait à l'art contemporain, de produire des documents écrits et audiovisuels et d'accueillir le public lors de visites, d'ateliers et de conférences

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7
La Fondation de l'Université Laval
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8
Fondation Université du Québec

Octroi de bourses et financement de projets de recherche ou de développement pour les institutions universitaires.

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9
L'Institut international de Montréal pour l'environnement / the Montreal international institute for the environment
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10
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

Faire connaître probouvoir et conserver l'art québébois contemporain et assurer une présence de l'art contemporain d'ailleurs par des acquisitions des expositions et d'autres activités (ateliers de créationm visites et médiation programme…

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11
Fondation Hec Montréal

Financement de plusieurs projets de recherche reliés à la gestion de hec montréal et contributions à des programmes de bourses à hec montréal

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12
Fondation I Musici De Montreal

Son objectif est de contribuer aux charges de fonctionnement de l'orchestre i musici de montréal.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile Léger Fondation /Jules and Paul-Émile Léger Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Wolodymyr George Danyliw Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

02the grantee network

76 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each one resolved to its own CRA returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2024, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 76 of the 124 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/76
Grantees still filing
56/76
Grew since you first funded

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCCA — C$7,009,341 over 5y, 22% of budgetCLARIDGE FOUNDATION — C$3,700,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetHeritage Montreal — C$119,500 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetARTHUR ERICKSON FOUNDATION — C$81,750 over 3y, 17% of budgetUniversite de Montreal — C$50,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCentraide — C$40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION OF CANADA — C$37,860 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMount Sinai Hospital Foundation — C$35,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetFESTIVAL MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE MT — C$33,300 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetQUARTER EPHEMERE — C$26,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL FDN — C$25,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION — C$19,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFestival Interantional Film sur I'Art — C$18,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSociete arts en milieux de sante — C$17,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetFoundation Bleu Metropolis — C$12,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSun Youth — C$10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMONTREAL FINE ARTS FOUNDATION — C$10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHERITAGE OTTAWA/PATRIMOINE OTTAWA — C$10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMacdonald Stewart Foundation — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGE WOLODYMYR DANYLIW FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetROM - KEN MONKMAN EXHITITION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMusee d'art Contemporain — C$8,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMontreal Baroque — C$8,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetQWF - QUEBEC WRITERS' FEDERATION — C$7,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetOSM — C$6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCumming Centre for Seniors — C$5,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAtwater Library and Computer Centre — C$5,150 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPOUR 3 POINTS — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPEACE NETWORK FOR SOCIAL HARMONY — C$5,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetArt Gallery of Guelph — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST — C$5,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetAMIS DE LA MONTAGNE — C$4,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTEMPLE EMANU-EL-BETH-SHOLOM — C$3,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIONS FOUNDATION OF CANADA DOG GUIDES — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSharon Temple Museum Society — C$2,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetViolons du Roy (Les) — C$2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMontreal Heart Institute Foundation — C$1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEE MCCORD FOUNDATION — C$1,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUT POUR LA CITOYENNETE C — C$1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQUATUOR MOLINARI — C$1,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB CANADA FOUNDATION — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURE IN CAN — C$1,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetRusseltown Flatts Church and Cemetery Fund — C$1,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetOPERA DE MONTREAL — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBATSHAW YOUTH AND FAMILY CTR — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Genesis — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEmily Carr university of Art + — C$900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLeave Out Violence — C$800 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CCA ↗
  • Who funds CLARIDGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Heritage Montreal ↗
  • Who funds ARTHUR ERICKSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Universite de Montreal ↗
  • Who funds Centraide ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FESTIVAL MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE MT ↗
  • Who funds QUARTER EPHEMERE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL FDN ↗
  • Who funds DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Festival Interantional Film sur I'Art ↗
  • Who funds Societe arts en milieux de sante ↗
  • Who funds Foundation Bleu Metropolis ↗
  • Who funds Sun Youth ↗
  • Who funds MONTREAL FINE ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE OTTAWA/PATRIMOINE OTTAWA ↗
  • Who funds Macdonald Stewart Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE WOLODYMYR DANYLIW FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROM - KEN MONKMAN EXHITITION ↗
  • Who funds Musee d'art Contemporain ↗
  • Who funds Montreal Baroque ↗
  • Who funds QWF - QUEBEC WRITERS' FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds OSM ↗
  • Who funds Cumming Centre for Seniors ↗
  • Who funds Atwater Library and Computer Centre ↗
  • Who funds POUR 3 POINTS ↗
  • Who funds PEACE NETWORK FOR SOCIAL HARMONY ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Stellabar Foundat…Fondation de la famil…The Azrieli Foundatio…La Fondation du Grand…Jewish Community Foun…Morris and Rosalind G…The Hay Foundation/La…The Jarislowsky Found…Wcpd FoundationConseil des arts de M…The Birks Family Foun…Fondation Pierre Desm…
The Stellabar FoundationQC21.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Stellabar Foundation · Fondation de la famille Zeller · The Azrieli Foundation/La Fondation Azrieli · La Fondation du Grand Montréal - The Foundation of Greater Montreal · Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal / La Fondation Communautaire Juive de Montréal · Morris and Rosalind Goodman Family Foundation / Fondation de la Famille Morris Et Rosalind Goodman · The Hay Foundation/La Fondation Hay · The Jarislowsky Foundation/La Fondation Jarislowsky · Wcpd Foundation · Conseil des arts de Montréal · The Birks Family Foundation / La fondation de la famille Birks · Fondation Pierre Desmarais Belvedere

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data — your own annual information return and the multi-year returns of the 124 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year) — each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010; we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without a BN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-12-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a private foundation under foundations.

Source object 119004414:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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