Comunn Baile Nan Gaidheal (the Nova Scotia Highland Village Society)
Publicly funded institution · Iona, Nova Scotia · BN 107788408RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,146,324) as filed with the CRA.
Comunn Baile Nan Gaidheal (the Nova Scotia Highland Village Society) is a charitable organization based in Iona, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $2.4M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 54 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,582 in 2024, the largest being $1,582 to The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We operate Baile nan Gàidheal/Highland Village a living history museum and Gaelic folk-life centre; offer a first person cultural interpretation program for Gaelic language and culture through the living history museum medium; offer workshops on Gaelic language Gaelic song dance and other aspects of Gaelic culture and folklife; offer lectures and other presentations on Gaelic language Gaelic song dance and other aspects of Gaelic culture; offer both on-site and in-classroom programming for the public school system on Gaelic language and culture; offer a four day folk-life school focuse…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $0 | $1,582 | $494K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $9,777 | $0 | $276K |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $4M | $3.8M | $38K | — | $237K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $72K | — | $654K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $20K | $0 | $350K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,582 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $14K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions54
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Campbell (treasurer/trustee); Dena Pruski (secretary/trustee); Matthew Cook (trustee); Madeline Harvey (trustee); Joanne MacGillivrary (trustee); Kenzie MacKinnon (trustee); Wilfred MacNeil (trustee); Rhonda Walker (trustee); Barbara Morrison (trustee); Joanne MacIntyre (trustee); Teresa MacNeil (trustee); Heather Sparling (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comunn Baile Nan Gaidheal (the Nova Scotia Highland Village Society)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107788408RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.