Atlantic Book Awards Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 834652695RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,730) as filed with the CRA.
Atlantic Book Awards Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $33K in revenue and $34K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $312.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The atlantic book awards society promotes the work of atlantic canadian writers and publishers. The society holds and annual festival each spring with events in english and french across atlantic canada culminating with the gala to recognize the literary contributions of the writers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $33K | $34K | $31K | — | — | $14K |
| 2023 | $43K | $39K | $35K | — | — | $12K |
| 2022 | $124K | $121K | $121K | — | — | $7,327 |
| 2021 | $59K | $63K | $58K | — | — | $4,424 |
| 2020 | $35K | $39K | $18K | — | — | $7,956 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $312 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julia Mayo (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Atlantic Book Awards Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834652695RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.