Bread of Life Ministries Association
Charitable organization · Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia · BN 140998881RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($143,711) as filed with the CRA.
Bread of Life Ministries Association is a charitable organization based in Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $136K in revenue and $144K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 7% from government, 81% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $110K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A MOBILE SOUP KITCHEN BUS AND VAN KNOWN AS 'STREET CONNECTION' SERVING REGULAR STOPS IN FOUR LOW-INCOME AREAS OF THE HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY - GENERALLY ON A WEEKLY BASIS. FOOD ITEMS WERE distributed FREE OF CHARGE TO NEEDY FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. USING ONLY THE MINISTRY VAN ONE OTHER LOW-INCOME AREA OF THE HRM received REGULAR DELIVERIES OF BREAD. IN DECEMBER THE ORGANIZATION CARRIED OUT ITS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS OUTREACH. APPROXIMATELY 253 FAMILIES RECEIVED A TURKEY AND TWO LOAVES OF BREAD. APPROXIMATELY 375 GIFT BAGS FOR CHILDREN WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED. THE CH…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $136K | $144K | $132K | $4,274 | — | $130K |
| 2023 | $120K | $117K | $104K | $4,463 | — | $138K |
| 2022 | $122K | $122K | $111K | $4,057 | — | $135K |
| 2021 | $126K | $114K | $102K | $4,341 | — | $135K |
| 2020 | $111K | $100K | $89K | $4,164 | — | $124K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $110K from 13 charities:
- Halifax Youth Foundation$33K
- John Carl Macisaac Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- First Baptist Church$11K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$10K
- Halifax Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor$8,000
- Flemming Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Robert Campeau Family Foundation$2,000
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$2,000
- Shag Harbour United Baptist Church$1,200
- First Baptist Church$320
- Bayers Road United Baptist Church$160
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$30
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$60K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Pattison (chairman); Grant Feltmate (treasurer); Glenda Jean (secretary); Sandra Pattison (director); Irving Abbott (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bread of Life Ministries Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140998881RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.