Craig Foundation
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 892904566RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($819,851) as filed with the CRA.
Craig Foundation is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $820K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 46 qualified donees totalling $741K in 2024, the largest being $303K to PAC Autism Nova Scotia Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $805K in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1.) donations to organizations to encourage advance and promote public awareness and appreciation for the visual and performing arts. 2.) donations to support research programs and education in support of autism. 3.) to support programming that encourages the intersectionally of the arts and autism. 4.) to support universities with program delivery and research in areas of autism and the performing and visual arts. 5.) donations to charitable organizations in a geographic range primarily but not exclusively in the province of ns.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $820K | — | — | $741K | $14.7M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $815K | — | — | $732K | $12.7M |
| 2022 | $114K | $853K | — | — | $761K | $11.6M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2M | — | — | $1.6M | $12.3M |
| 2020 | $805K | $715K | — | — | $620K | $11.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $741K to 46 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- PAC Autism Nova Scotia Society$303K
- Capella Regalis Choirs Society$60K
- Coastarts Association$50K
- SMILE Canada- Support Services$25K
- Symphony Nova Scotia Society$25K
- Neptune Theatre Foundation$25K
- National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts$25K
- Catapult Leadership Society$25K
- Cecilia Concerts Society$15K
- The Eastern Front Theatre Society$11K
- Dasc - Dartmouth Adult Service Centre Association$10K
- Upstream Music Association$10K
- Kinetic Studio Society$9,000
- Dance Nova Scotia (dans)$8,000
- Scotia Chamber Players$7,500
- Wonder'neath Art Society$5,000
- Live Art Productions Society$5,000
- Jazz East Rising Association$5,000
- Theatre Nova Scotia$5,000
- Brigadoon Children's Camp Society$5,000
- Theatre Baddeck Society$5,000
- Zuppa Circus Theatre Society$5,000
- Visual Arts Nova Scotia$5,000
- Theatre Nova Scotia$5,000
- The Ship's Company Society$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joan Craig (trustee/chair); Edwin Harris (trustee); Daniel Graham (trustee); Adriane Abbott (trustee); Scott Burke (trustee); Ian Sutherland (1974).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Craig Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892904566RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.