Cumberland Health CARE Foundation
Public foundation · Amherst, Nova Scotia · BN 893299966RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($631,154) as filed with the CRA.
Cumberland Health CARE Foundation is a public foundation based in Amherst, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $708K in revenue and $631K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $138K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $149K in 2024, the largest being $147K to Nova Scotia Health Authority (nsha). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $239K in 2020 to $708K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Fundraising activities with the objective of enhancing the ability to provide a high standard of health care to residents of cumberland county via improved services programs equipment etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $708K | $631K | $159K | $76K | $149K | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $541K | $737K | $194K | $124K | $241K | $3M |
| 2022 | $570K | $498K | $160K | $115K | $159K | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $573K | $133K | $138K | $244K | $3M |
| 2020 | $239K | $593K | $153K | $144K | $237K | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $149K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $138K from 8 charities:
- Trust Under Will of Russell O. Hunter Estate$68K
- The DR. & MRS. H. E. Christie Community Foundation$37K
- Hugh & Linda Brown Educational Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,600
- North Cumberland Community Health Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,314
- River Hebert Volunteer Fire Department$500
- The Parish of Northumberland$50
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$232K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrea Deazley (director); Lisa Emery (chair); Katherine Hatheway (past-chair); Stephanie Hillson (secretary); Robert Janes (director); Maureen Penny (director); Greg Smith (director); Darren White (director); David Wood (ex officio); Kelly Morris (physician rep); David Enman (treasurer); Lissa Lynch (director); Heather Canning (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cumberland Health CARE Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893299966RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.