Flemming Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 870568045RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($240,991) as filed with the CRA.
Flemming Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $241K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 30 qualified donees totalling $210K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Phoenix Youth Programs. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.4M in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The foundation makes gifts to other qualified donees during the year. The foundation primarily supported organizations that assist low-income disadvantages or abused youth women men and children. The foundation also supports educational activities of the roman catholic archdiocese of halifax.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $241K | — | — | $210K | $9.5M |
| 2023 | $955K | $217K | — | — | $189K | $7.7M |
| 2022 | -$569K | $214K | — | — | $184K | $6.9M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $201K | — | — | $173K | $7.7M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $176K | — | — | $165K | $6.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$1,471,608
- Investment income$313,822
- Receipted donations$262,500
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 $210K to 30 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Phoenix Youth Programs$25K
- Adsum Association for Women & Children$12K
- The YMCA of Greater Halifax/dartmouth$10K
- Feed Nova Scotia Society$10K
- The North Grove Society$10K
- Catholic Christian Outreach of Canada Inc$10K
- Brunswick Street Mission$10K
- Bayers/westwood Family Support Services Association$10K
- Veith House$8,000
- Prescott Group$8,000
- North End Opportunities Fund Society$8,000
- L'Arche Halifax$8,000
- Second Stage Housing Association of Dartmouth$8,000
- We Are Young Association$7,000
- New Start Society$7,000
- The Marguerite Centre Society of Nova Scotia$7,000
- Brigadoon Children's Camp Society$6,000
- Pathways to Education Canada/Passeport pour ma réussite Canada$5,000
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$5,000
- Easter Seals Nova Scotia$5,000
- Catholic Christian Outreach of Canada Inc$5,000
- Bread of Life Ministries Association$5,000
- Shelter Movers$3,000
- Halifax Humanities Society$3,000
- Canadian Mental Health Association Halifax-Dartmouth Branch$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Flemming (president chairman & di); Marion Flemming (vice chairman & director); Colleen Fitzgerald (secretary and director); Karen Burke (treasurer & director); Scott Flemming (director); John Flemming (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Flemming Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870568045RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.