Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia · BN 140672106RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,569,787) as filed with the CRA.
Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation is a charitable organization based in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $128K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Coastal Action established in December 1993 is a charitable organization that addresses environmental concerns throughout the South Shore region of Nova Scotia and beyond. Our goal is to promote the restoration enhancement and conservation of our environment through research education action and community engagement. Most of our work falls within our five core program areas: Species at Risk & Biodiversity Watersheds & Water Quality Climate Change Environmental Education and Coastal & Marine. The organization receives direction from a volunteer Board of Directors supported through a …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.3M | $27K | — | $321K |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $23K | — | $109K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $31K | — | — |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $78K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $960K | — | — | $121K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $128K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brooke Nodding (executive director); Kelly Wilson (board member); Mike Allen (board member); Brian Gilbert (board member); Wanda Baxter (board member); Amanda Montgomery (board member); Shawn Feener (board member); Kacy Peterson-Delong (board member); Jillian Weldon-Genge (board member); Julie Power (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140672106RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.