George F. Wade Foundation
Private foundation · Coldbrook, Nova Scotia · BN 861242469RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($39,223) as filed with the CRA.
George F. Wade Foundation is a private foundation based in Coldbrook, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $47K in revenue and $39K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 28 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Valley Regional Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $22K in 2020 to $47K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To accept gifts and donations to allow the foundation to make disbursements to registered charities that promote community service social services religious programs welfare of animals and other programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $47K | $39K | — | — | $30K | $822K |
| 2023 | $36K | $40K | — | — | $36K | $814K |
| 2022 | $41K | $38K | — | — | $34K | $809K |
| 2021 | $38K | $42K | — | — | $34K | $815K |
| 2020 | $22K | $62K | — | — | $34K | $819K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 28 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Valley Regional Hospital Foundation$2,000
- Upper Room Food Bank Association$2,000
- St James Anglican Church$2,000
- Aylesford & District Lions Club$1,500
- Youth With A Mission (BC) Society$1,000
- Valley Hospice$1,000
- The Valley CARE Pregnancy Centre a Christian Outreach Ministry$1,000
- Stephen Lewis Foundation$1,000
- SPCA$1,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$1,000
- Open Arms Resource Centre Society$1,000
- Nova Scotia Nature Trust$1,000
- New Covenant Community Church Association$1,000
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$1,000
- Kingston United Church$1,000
- His Word for His People Association$1,000
- Fly With Me Animal Rescue$1,000
- Feed Nova Scotia Society$1,000
- Feed Nova Scotia Society$1,000
- Ecology Action Centre$1,000
- The David Suzuki Foundation$1,000
- Chrysalis House Association$1,000
- Big Brothers and Sisters of Kings and Annapolis Counties Association$1,000
- Annapolis Valley Frugal Moms Society$1,000
- Acadia University$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darrell Wade (director); Leslie Wade (director); Kathy Marshall (director); Fred Wade (director); Megan Wade (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from George F. Wade Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861242469RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.