Fulcher Foundation
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 837886274RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($628,233) as filed with the CRA.
Fulcher Foundation is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $628K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% 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 36% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $507K in 2024, the largest being $507K to The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $663K in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation will receive and maintain a fund or funds and oversee the investment of gifts to the foundation to preserve capital and maximize the rate of return within the established guidelines appropriate to charitable private foundation. The income generated will be distributed to qualified donees as defined in the income tax act (canada) as determined by the board of directors of the foundation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $628K | — | — | $507K | $15.2M |
| 2023 | $633K | $619K | — | — | $505K | $10.5M |
| 2022 | $501K | $362K | — | — | $250K | $10.3M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $382K | — | — | $287K | $10.8M |
| 2020 | $663K | $347K | — | — | $268K | $8.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $507K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Niedermayer (director); Chris Dobbin (director); Elspeth Maclean-Wile (director); Daonald Downe (director); Sherri Pictou (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fulcher Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837886274RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.