Bernie's Buddies
Charitable organization · Summerville, Nova Scotia · BN 804580173RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,960) as filed with the CRA.
Bernie's Buddies is a charitable organization based in Summerville, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2,700 in revenue and $3,960 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,120.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $5,005 in 2020 to $2,700 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Bernie's Buddies provides child and youth grief peer support groups that encourage health and wellness after a death loss through integrated workshops featuring activities with a therapy dog yoga movement and creative grief conversation. Our programs are 100% volunteer run.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,700 | $3,960 | $3,856 | — | $0 | $11K |
| 2023 | $3,300 | $3,737 | $3,643 | — | $0 | $12K |
| 2022 | $2,740 | $3,058 | $2,964 | — | $0 | $12K |
| 2021 | $1,285 | $1,670 | $1,576 | — | $0 | $10K |
| 2020 | $5,005 | $2,474 | $2,080 | — | $0 | $11K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,120 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Angela Blenkhorne (chair); Sue Smiley (director); Darlene MacArthur (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bernie's Buddies’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804580173RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.