Buchanan Memorial Hospital Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Neil's Harbour, Nova Scotia · BN 893484360RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,678) as filed with the CRA.
Buchanan Memorial Hospital Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Neil's Harbour, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $79K in revenue and $19K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $480.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $49K in 2020 to $79K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Support ongoing health care in the communities of Northern Cape Breton and to visitors by providing a facility to attract specialists in various fields in order to hold clinics in the local area; Fundraising to support the costs of ongoing healthcare in the communities of North of Smokey mountain. Support in recruiting health care professionals to the area
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $79K | $19K | $1,264 | — | $7,500 | $55.4M |
| 2023 | $5,279 | $14K | — | — | — | $497K |
| 2022 | $66K | $1,851 | — | — | $0 | $311K |
| 2021 | $52K | $36K | $359 | — | — | $311K |
| 2020 | $49K | $57K | $12K | — | — | $368K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $480 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Vassallo (chairman); Emmanuel Comtois (vice-chair); Peggy Morrison (treasurer); Rhonda Hebb (secretary); Lawrence Walsh (board member); Kenneth Murray (board member); Thomas Sampson (board member); Lisa Mackinnon (board member); Josephine Barron.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Buchanan Memorial Hospital Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893484360RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.