Bonny Lea Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Chester, Nova Scotia · BN 871101507RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($774,837) as filed with the CRA.
Bonny Lea Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Chester, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $426K in revenue and $775K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $97K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $738K in 2024, the largest being $738K to South Shore Community Service Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $234K in 2020 to $426K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Bonny lea charitable foundation provides assistance to maintain the programs and support participants at the bonny lea facility which assists special needs participants to lead independent and productive lives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $426K | $775K | — | — | $738K | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $168K | $607K | — | — | $567K | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $1,394 | $54K | — | — | $17K | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $607K | $47K | — | — | $17K | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $234K | $108K | — | — | $82K | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $738K to 1 qualified donee:
- South Shore Community Service Association$738K
Received $97K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Biebesheimer (trustee); Kim Geldart (trustee); David Hilchey (trustee); Cy Mayo (chair); Bryden Robertson (trustee); Luke Richardson (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bonny Lea Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871101507RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.