Epilepsy Association of the Maritimes
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119231553RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($204,730) as filed with the CRA.
Epilepsy Association of the Maritimes is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $193K in revenue and $205K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 28% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The epilepsy association of maritimes (eam) is a registered canadian charity that supports individuals living with epilepsy in the maritimes. Formed in 1980 eam serves adults and children with epilepsy their families friends and the community at large. We seek to promote a better understanding of this common neurological condition through public education to schools employers and first responders; awareness through our purple day activities throughout the year; programs to improve the lives of persons living with epilepsy; advocacy and support groups as well as support research. Eam offers…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $193K | $205K | $195K | $0 | $0 | $218K |
| 2023 | $197K | $191K | $177K | — | — | $218K |
| 2022 | $149K | $144K | $124K | — | — | $222K |
| 2021 | $120K | $109K | $71K | — | — | $216K |
| 2020 | $219K | $185K | $149K | — | — | $205K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $32K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- The Wadih M. Fares Family Foundation$10K
- D.R. Sobey Foundation$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$826
- United Way of Colchester County$468
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$381
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$225
- Sackville Pastoral Charge$180
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$31
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$117K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Odette Macleod (secretary); Angela McCarthy (interim president); Ryan Leblanc (director); Ismael Aquino (director); Nick Aucoin (vice president); Erica Pirnie (director); Michelle Roy (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Epilepsy Association of the Maritimes’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119231553RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.