Da Stinson Foundation
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 841861305RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($88,446) as filed with the CRA.
Da Stinson Foundation is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $209K in revenue and $88K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $53K in 2024, the largest being $5,500 to Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $209K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Advancement of health care relief of poverty advancement of education advancement of religion advancement of social justice
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $209K | $88K | — | — | $53K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $122K | $41K | — | — | $9,000 | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $54K | $201K | — | — | $8,250 | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $172K | $37K | — | — | $9,000 | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $53K | $9,000 | — | $9,000 | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $53K to 12 qualified donees:
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$5,500
- I W K Health Centre Charitable Foundation$5,500
- Brunswick Street Mission$5,500
- Dalhousie University$5,500
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$5,500
- The United Church of Canada$5,500
- The University of Western Ontario$5,500
- ST. Matthew's United Church$5,500
- Halifax Refugee Clinic Association$2,800
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc.$2,800
- Atlantic School of Theology$2,800
- Observer Publications Inc.$600
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
C/o Wanda Mackay Bmo Trust Company (trustee); C/o Susan Tregunno Bmo Trust Company (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Da Stinson Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 841861305RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.