The Museum Foundation

Pavillon Jean-Noël Desmarais
Our mission
The Museum Foundation is committed to creating highly effective fundraising campaigns to ensure the continuation of the MMFA’s mission.
A donation to the MMFA Foundation helps the Museum to:
- Support the production of major exhibitions and Museum programming as a whole
- Ensure the perpetuity of the MMFA's encyclopedic collection which contains close to 45 000 artworks
- Develop and maintain the MMFA's educational, wellness and museum therapy activities
- Make art accessible to everyone and participate in the positioning of the Museum as a powerful social vector

Photo © Sébastien Roy
Museum Foundation Annual Campaign

One-time donation
Every donation counts to help your Museum pursue its cultural and social mission.

Monthly donation

Philanthropic Circles

Planned giving
Optimize your tax benefits and maximize your gift's impact

The Museum Ball

Artwork donation
Donate a work of art or participate in our acquisition funds.

Corporate events at the Museum

Donations' Impact
Donors of emotions and wellness, you are at the heart of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ accomplishments.
Your generosity allows the MMFA to present world-class exhibitions, ensure the sustainability of its encyclopaedic collection, develop educational and museum therapy programs and ensure that art is accessible to as wide an audience as possible.
The donations received were allocated as follows:
54%
Exhibitions, collections and programming

20%
Educational, health and wellness programs

Photo © Sébastien Roy
13%
Enhancement and conservation of the collection

13%
Special projects: new pavilions, arts of One World wing

Photo © Sébastien Roy

A round of applause for all our donors
The list includes donors of $160 or more from the last twelve months' Annual Fundraising Campaign as well as active members of the Young Philanthropists' Circle and the Angel Circle.
Governance
The MMFA is a humanist, innovative and inclusive non-profit organization that distinguishes itself for the positive impact its programs have on the children, families, seniors and people with special needs for the activities are respectively designed for.

Danielle Champagne
Sound governance statement
To ensure sound governance and optimum results, the MMFA Foundation upholds the following values:
- Engagement
- Striving for excellence
- Solidarity
- Respect
- Integrity

Photo Frédéric Faddoul
Read our management report to learn more about the Foundation’s overall results.
Annual reports and financial statements from previous years can be obtained on request at annualreport@mbamtl.org
Board and Committees
The Young Philanthropists’ Circle is an initiative of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Foundation in collaboration with the Circle’s Organizing Committee, which is made up of some twenty volunteer young professionals. It is the mission of the Young Philanthropists’ Circle to support contemporary art at the Museum.
To get involved in the Young Philanthropists' Circle Executive Committee, contact Anne-Isabelle Pronkin at 514-285-1600, ext 269 | Cell. : 514-210-8344.
An initiative of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Foundation, the Angel Circle’s mission is to support major exhibitions and underprivileged families’ access to the Museum.
To get involved in the Angel Circle Executive Committee, contact Anne-Isabelle Pronkin at 514-285-1600, ext 269 | Cell. 514-210-8344.
An initiative of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Foundation, the Women of Influence Circle supports the acquisition of works and exhibitions by women artists, as well as access to the Museum for women in need.