Antiochian Maronite Catholic Church of the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifax
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 118788017RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,428,124) as filed with the CRA.
Antiochian Maronite Catholic Church of the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifax is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Saint Charbel Maronite Parish - Mississauga. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $461K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The organization operates the our lady of lebanon church representing the spiritual social and cultural epicenter of the maronite catholic community in nova scotia. The mission of the church is to grow in and live by the christian catholic faith as well as to provide and to strengthen the maronite traditions and culture; to give back to the rest of society ; to maintain strong bridges with toher cultural and religious communities and most importantly to draw themselves closer to god.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $234K | $16K | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $200K | $37K | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1M | $236K | $27K | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $1.2M | $884K | $112K | $26K | $3.4M |
| 2020 | $461K | $720K | $267K | — | $34K | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 6 qualified donees:
- Saint Charbel Maronite Parish - Mississauga$10K
- Eparchie ST-Maron de Montreal au Canada/eparchy of ST-Maron of Montreal in Canada$3,900
- The Parish of ST Charbel Maronite Catholic Church$1,000
- St. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Halifax$500
- The Church of the Most Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Parish Inc.$500
- The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria Saint Mena's Coptic$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$243K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Namatallah Eid (pastor); Janane Chater (chairperson); Daniel Chedrawe (treasurer); Sayed Arab (officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Antiochian Maronite Catholic Church of the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifax’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118788017RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.