E K M Health Foundation
Public foundation · Wolfville, Nova Scotia · BN 886342195RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($251,788) as filed with the CRA.
E K M Health Foundation is a public foundation based in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $379K in revenue and $252K 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 45% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $177K in 2024, the largest being $25K to West Brooklyn Community Association. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Support health related organizations and activities within the foundations catchment area of eastern king's county nova scotia
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $379K | $252K | $36K | — | $177K | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $1,820 | $153K | — | — | $74K | $4.1M |
| 2022 | $91K | $196K | — | — | $154K | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $484K | $203K | — | — | $160K | $4.4M |
| 2020 | -$30K | $221K | — | — | $147K | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, March 31, 2024
- Investment income$371,379
- Receipted donations$5,025
- Other gifts$2,500
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $177K to 20 qualified donees:
- West Brooklyn Community Association$25K
- Orchard Valley Pastoral Charge$25K
- Valley Search and Rescue$15K
- The Fidelis House Society$15K
- The Canning District Volunteer Fire Department$15K
- Wolfville Fire Department$15K
- Kings County Family Resource Centre$14K
- Orchard Valley Pastoral Charge$13K
- Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education$7,060
- Brigadoon Children's Camp Society$5,138
- Hand to Hand Help$5,000
- The Valley CARE Pregnancy Centre a Christian Outreach Ministry$4,575
- Acadia University$4,514
- PAC Autism Nova Scotia Society$3,350
- Gaspereau United Baptist Church$2,565
- The Wolfville Historical Society$2,400
- Active Kids Health Kids Eastern Kings$2,000
- White Rock Community Association$1,600
- Wolfville Area Interchurch Council$920
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$750
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$32K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sylvia Fullerton (chair); Merle Macdonald (trustee); David Hirsch (vice chair); David Lang (trustee); Hugh Michael Kenny (treasurer); Sandy Fraser (trustee); Marilynn Carey (trustee); Bill Mackeen (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from E K M Health Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886342195RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.