Feed Nova Scotia Society
Charitable organization · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 119039337RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($23,039,196) as filed with the CRA.
Feed Nova Scotia Society is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $22.6M in revenue and $23M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations, 5% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 78 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.4M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 48 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 168 qualified donees totalling $16.7M in 2024, the largest being $781K to Beacon House Interfaith Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Feed nova scotia society (metro food bank society - nova scotia) operating as feed nova scotia is a charitable organization whose mission is to partnere to to create systemic changes while while responding to the immediate need for dignified secure and just access to food. A key focus for the society is to collect and distribute food to 140 member agencies across the province including food banks shelters drop-in centres and other meal programs. The society also raises awareness of the systemic issues leading to food insecurity and advocates for long-term solutions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22.6M | $23M | $4.2M | $679K | $16.8M | $11.1M |
| 2023 | $24.6M | $24M | $4.2M | $665K | $18M | $11.5M |
| 2022 | $25M | $22.7M | $20.3M | $567K | $825K | $10.7M |
| 2021 | $26.7M | $22M | $18.7M | $672K | $1.7M | $10.4M |
| 2020 | $16.4M | $16.1M | $14.3M | $624K | $406K | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16.7M to 168 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Beacon House Interfaith Society$781K
- Colchester Community Support Society$731K
- Pictou County (East) Food Bank$668K
- Salvation Army Family Services (Halifax)$427K
- Halifax West Ecumenical Food Bank$392K
- Yarmouth Food Bank Society$361K
- Antigonish Community Food Bank$350K
- Glace Bay & Area Food Bank$323K
- Fundy Interchurch Food Bank$319K
- West End Community Food Bank$311K
- Salvation Army Family Services (Sydney)$311K
- Brunswick Street Mission Food Bank$299K
- Christ Church Food Bank$294K
- Twelve Baskets Food Bank$293K
- Dartmouth North Christian Food Bank$282K
- Bridgewater Interchurch Food Bank$271K
- Family SOS Association$262K
- Gateway Community Church$246K
- Dalhousie Student Union Food Bank$238K
- Berwick Food Bank$237K
- Mulgrave Park Tenants' Association$218K
- Queens County Food Bank$212K
- East Dartmouth Christian Food Bank Association$210K
- North Dartmouth Outreach Resource Centre$204K
- North Sydney Community Food Bank$199K
Received $7.4M from 78 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2.6M
- Canadahelps Canadon$2.6M
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$699K
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Canada$400K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$393K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$76K
- The Joyce Family Foundation$60K
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$52K
- Walker Wood Foundation$50K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$35K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$34K
- Aqueduct Foundation$31K
- Healthier Tomorrows Individual Giving Program$28K
- Food Banks Mississauga$26K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$24K
- Black Family Foundation$22K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$20K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$18K
- RBC Foundation$15K
- The Edwards Family Charitable Foundation$15K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$12K
- Flemming Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Stevens Family Foundation$10K
- Molson Coors Canada Donations Fund$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions48
- Total compensation, all staff$3.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sylvia Parris-Drummond (past chair); Mohammad-Ali Raza (board chair); Maxime Lessard (treasurer); Roddy Macdonald (vice chair); Miranda Mavhunga (director); Patricia Bradshaw (secretary); Lisa Haydon (director); Mark Fullerton (director); Robert Strang (director); Joe Fraser (director); Duma Bernard (director); Mary Ellen Greenough (director); Cynthia Dorrington (director); Kim Burns (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Feed Nova Scotia Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119039337RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.