Chisholm Services for Children
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 860032945RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,320,021) as filed with the CRA.
Chisholm Services for Children is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $73K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band).
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $42K in 2024, the largest being $42K to Chisholm Foundation for Children. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provide long-term residential care for children and youth in nova scotia.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | $42K | $180K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.1M | — | $18K | $257K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2M | — | $36K | $251K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.9M | — | $8,629 | $222K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.8M | — | — | $122K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $42K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $73K from 10 charities:
- Halifax Youth Foundation$27K
- Aqueduct Foundation$20K
- Halifax Protestant Infants Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- The Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Toronto$4,000
- Trust Under the Will of Francis J Robinson$2,934
- O.E. Smith Trust$2,907
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,375
- Chisholm Foundation for Children$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,316
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99918 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deborah Bauld (director); Darlene Bolivar (director); Rebecca Campbell (director); Alison Casey (secretary); Kelly Currie (vice-chair); Ann Jennex-Roberts (director); Wade Johnston (ex officio); Elizabeth Macdonald (treasurer); Trevor Macdonald (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chisholm Services for Children’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860032945RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.