Grant and Funding Programs Offered by Jeanne-Crevier Foundation (FJC)

The Jeanne-Crevier Foundation is a philanthropic non-profit organization created in 1987 to support the CHSLD Jeanne-Crevier, a long-term care facility in Boucherville, Québec, and its day centre users. Recognizing that regular government operating budgets are insufficient to cover many quality-of-life needs, the foundation raises private and community funds and reinvests them fully into projects that benefit residents with significant loss of autonomy.

In close partnership with the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de la Montérégie-Est (CISSSME), the foundation identifies priority projects and allocates its financial resources to make them possible. Over the years, it has invested more than $2 million in a wide range of initiatives that would not have been realized otherwise, including renovation, redevelopment, and therapeutic programs.

The foundation finances both capital projects and ongoing activities that contribute to a warm, homelike living environment. Examples include the redevelopment and expansion of dining rooms, construction of a balcony-terrace for residents with cognitive disorders, creation and maintenance of outdoor spaces such as the Marcellin-Landry garden and the Desjardins sensory garden, and the renovation of common areas like the hair salon and chapel.

Beyond infrastructure, the Jeanne-Crevier Foundation funds a variety of therapeutic and recreational activities designed to reduce isolation and enrich free time for seniors, as well as innovative end-of-life support such as a custom “end-of-life furniture” concept and access to massage therapy. All of these expenditures are drawn from donations, membership contributions, sponsorships and fundraising events organized by the foundation.

The primary beneficiaries of the foundation’s funding are residents of the CHSLD Jeanne-Crevier and participants in its day centre, many of whom are elderly people experiencing major loss of autonomy. By investing in comfort, dignity, socialization and adapted care environments, the foundation complements public health funding and helps transform a care setting into a true living environment.

The organization’s work is carried out entirely by volunteers, including its board members, which maximizes the share of funds directed to projects on the ground. Its main annual fundraising event, a festive and gastronomic evening, along with individual and corporate memberships, donations and partnerships, sustains a continuous stream of financial support for new initiatives aligned with its mission.