Canadian Forum Foundation
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 887610392RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,885) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Forum Foundation is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5,310 in revenue and $5,885 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The canadian forum foundation supports the commissioning of research and writing in the social sciences and cultural studies and of the literary arts. Conversion of the archives to digital storage. Digitizing the back issues of canadian forum magazine will give researchers and students access to an invaluable cultural resource including the work of many prominent canadian writers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,310 | $5,885 | $5,310 | — | — | $331 |
| 2023 | $10K | $16K | $15K | — | — | $906 |
| 2022 | — | $1,703 | $925 | — | — | $6,387 |
| 2021 | — | $1,775 | $1,375 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $5,414 | $242 | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Lorimer (secretary treasurer); Aubrey Golden (chairman).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Forum Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887610392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.