Franciscans of Halifax Society
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 804114262RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($369,169) as filed with the CRA.
Franciscans of Halifax Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $399K in revenue and $369K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations, 45% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $253 in 2024, the largest being $253 to Dress for Success Halifax Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We advance religion by providing services and other related religious programs such as spiritual counseling spiritual retreats and religious education to promote the roman catholic faith. We provide support services for aged and sick persons inclusing personal care housekeeping meals shopping assistance and friendly visits. We relive poverty by providing food for those in need. We provide educational recreational and social activities for youth at risk in a supervised setting. We operated a furniture bank serving the less fortunate.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $399K | $369K | — | $775 | $253 | $154K |
| 2023 | $361K | $466K | $446K | $367 | $2,500 | $124K |
| 2022 | $513K | $409K | $390K | $528 | $2,750 | $222K |
| 2021 | $340K | $385K | $365K | $246 | $8,055 | $118K |
| 2020 | $289K | $341K | $322K | $840 | $8,000 | $164K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $253 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $23K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Teresa (bonnie) Macdonald (vicar of sisters); Bernadette (renee) Cool (secretary); Peter (kevin) Hanna (moderator); Nathanael (allan) Deroches (vicar of brothers); Gemma (georgia) Macleod (treasurer).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Franciscans of Halifax Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804114262RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.