Children's Aid Foundation of Nova Scotia
Public foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 884857962RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($253,430) as filed with the CRA.
Children's Aid Foundation of Nova Scotia is a public foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $249K in revenue and $253K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 87% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $344K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Educational bursaries for former youth in care health & well-being fund medical supplies & services summer camps tutoring fund mental health comfort kits of children coming into care transition fund for youth exiting care
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $249K | $253K | $144K | — | — | $102K |
| 2023 | $133K | $234K | — | — | $4,000 | $107K |
| 2022 | $231K | $247K | $135K | — | $5,000 | $207K |
| 2021 | $311K | $109K | $200K | — | $6,000 | $224K |
| 2020 | $198K | $120K | $144K | — | $21K | $219K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $344K from 16 charities:
- Halifax Youth Foundation$113K
- Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (canada)$85K
- BenefAction Foundation$55K
- Makeway Foundation$30K
- The Windsor Foundation$20K
- Halifax Protestant Infants Foundation$16K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Yarmouth Hospital Foundation$10K
- Flemming Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$2,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$200
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- Society of the Sacred Heart (canada) /societe du Sacre-Coeur(canada)—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$71K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pearl Michael (president); Rodney Casey (treasurer); Darren Doucette (secretary); Atula Joshi (vice president); Victoria Grant (board member); Susan Fitzgerald (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children's Aid Foundation of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884857962RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.