Comunn Feis an Eilein
Publicly funded institution · Christmas Island, Nova Scotia · BN 887886539RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($77,031) as filed with the CRA.
Comunn Feis an Eilein is a charitable organization based in Christmas Island, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $72K in revenue and $77K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2,400 in 2024, the largest being $1,400 to Wardens of the Church of St. Barra Preservation&Development. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $41K in 2020 to $72K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
We sponsored the annual events: A summer concert series of 5 concerts in July and August A week-long Feis An Eilein festival in the third week of August Individual and group lessons and dance (Scottish step and Highland dance) Day Camps for Children through the summer and Sponsor Scottish Gaelic language classes to young + adult students in the fall winter and spring.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $72K | $77K | $74K | — | $2,200 | $28K |
| 2023 | $99K | $95K | $91K | — | $2,650 | $33K |
| 2022 | $57K | $66K | $61K | — | $3,300 | $23K |
| 2021 | $51K | $52K | $43K | — | $550 | $30K |
| 2020 | $41K | $42K | $41K | — | $150 | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,400 to 2 qualified donees:
- Wardens of the Church of St. Barra Preservation&Development$1,400
- Christmas Island Fire Department$1,000
Received $100 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$35K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barry George (director/treasurer); Meaghan O'Handley (director/chair); Amanda Curry (director); Barbara Macneil (director); Hugh Mackinnon (director/secretary); Linda Mackinnon (director); Allison Mackenzie (office manager); Sheryl Christensen (director); Betty Mackenzie (director); Hector Macneil (director); Giselle Belliveau (director); Brian Madore (director); Beth Macneil (director); Mary Leigh Macneil (director); Joanne Pyke (director); Troy Fraser (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comunn Feis an Eilein’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887886539RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.