Gaelic College Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Baddeck, Nova Scotia · BN 118934538RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,450,582) as filed with the CRA.
Gaelic College Foundation is a public foundation based in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 23% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $104K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Operating a craft shop selling scottish clothing and souvenirs. Operating on-site schooling for children and adults teaching gaelic dancing piping band drum and fiddling. Operating an online gaelic course. Facility rentals. Operating an on-site museum of gaelic history.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2.3M | — | — | $868K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $719K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $906K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.7M | — | — | $933K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $104K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$963K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kirk Macrae (past chair); Christopher Higgins (chair); Stephanie Macpherson (governor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gaelic College Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118934538RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.