Black Family Foundation
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 823651153RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($423,051) as filed with the CRA.
Black Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $423K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 40 qualified donees totalling $361K in 2024, the largest being $39K to Theatre Nova Scotia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $71K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024.
In its own words
Donations are made from the foundation to registered charities within canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $423K | — | — | $361K | $6.5M |
| 2023 | $73K | $409K | — | — | $374K | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $645K | $278K | — | — | $228K | $6M |
| 2021 | $882K | $329K | — | — | $264K | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $71K | $336K | — | — | $277K | $5.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$402,000
- Investment income$214,700
- Other gifts$180
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $361K to 40 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Theatre Nova Scotia$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Feed Nova Scotia Society$22K
- Dalhousie University$20K
- Saint Leonard's Society of Nova Scotia$18K
- Home of the Guardian Angel$18K
- Brunswick Street Mission$13K
- Adsum Association for Women & Children$13K
- Peacegeeks International Society$11K
- The Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Antigonish$10K
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc.$10K
- Neptune Theatre Foundation$10K
- Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance$10K
- East Preston Early Learning Centres$10K
- Congregation of the Cathedral Church of All Saints Halifax$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,000
- Easter Seals Nova Scotia$8,000
- Steps on Arthur Foundation$7,500
- Symphony Nova Scotia Society$6,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,000
- Ward 5 Neighborhood Centre$5,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$5,000
- Parish of St.john's Church Lunenburg$5,000
- Souls Harbour Rescue Mission$5,000
- Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre (association) Parc$5,000
Received $1 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Black Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 823651153RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.